DIRIGIBLES FOR SALE.
AERIAL WHITE ELEPHANTS. LONDON, October 13. Tiie Government is ruthlessly cutting down the Air Force expenditure. It ha» decided to close the jrreat aerodrome at East Fortune, from ■vhU'h the airships swept the North «ea during the war. The remnants of the stuff will shortly bo transferred to Pulliam. The disposal of the jiiant airships presents a 'further problem. H33 ami H34 liave proved unsalable nt present, owing to the great expense of handliiifl them, and the uncertainty of finding profitable commercial use for them, ft iri iiticlerstood that the Government ie willin-: to sell the veeeels at a very lowprice.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 253, 24 October 1919, Page 5
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104DIRIGIBLES FOR SALE. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 253, 24 October 1919, Page 5
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