AN AIRSHIP FOR BRITAIN.
Per Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, June 22. . The Parliamentary Aerial Defence Committee states that an airship of 227,500 cubic feet is approaching completion, and it is hoped that it .trill sail from Paris to London before the parliamentary session concludes. The committee has. secured the option of purchase for the nation of two propeller motors ,each of 200 horse-power. The airship carries petrol for a 700 miles journey, and has accommodation for twenty-five passengers. Its speed is 35.40 miles per hour. • The Daily Mail offers £5000_ to build a garage to enable the airship to remain m England until the test.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7829, 23 June 1909, Page 2
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104AN AIRSHIP FOR BRITAIN. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7829, 23 June 1909, Page 2
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