BOLTS FROM THE BLUE.
BERLIN, July 19. The Lower Rhine Airship Company has been formed, with a capital of £200.000, to Duild an explosive-dropping dirigible 390 ft long, with a gas-carrying capacity of 14,300 cubic metres. The Minister for War has promised that they will be patronised if easily taken to pieces. The ,vessel comprises three balloons linked and capable of being separated in mid air, thus forming three independent balloons.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 170, 20 July 1910, Page 5
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