AVIATORS INTERVIEWED.
.NEW YORK, July 6. . General Maitland, interviewed on the arrival of 1134, at Mmeola, predicted that in iive years' time dirigibles 'would, be crossing the-Atlantic like the Lusitijnia. Britain would be able to build dirigiblea five times larger than the 1134, allowing for -200 tons of" cargo space. He undorstood that lVd'i was being prepared for a long journey, but h&r destination was not known.
Lieutenant Lansdowne, American navaF observer aboard K34, declared that the airship wus uri. extraordinary example oi' the'skill,'efficiency and persistency of . British aeqal ' designers, constructors, and navigators...... :
.. Captain Scott, interviewed,', said:— '%: are; proud to have connected Britain and America." He ' returned the call of Commander Itead, head of the United States Naval Curtiss squadron staff. - . . " - . .
Alajor,. Pritchard, a member of the crevi.' of Pv&i', interviewed, said:—"lam convinced Britain will next year, be able to produce an airship to fly from Eng-land-to-Australia-.''-
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9652, 8 July 1919, Page 5
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