"PULLMAN OF THE SKIES.
NEW BRITISH AIRSHIP. LONDON, March 10. The fir.*t British-built passenger airship has been completed at the Clyde. She is 672 feet in length, and has a speed of 65 mile 9 an hour. The airship is described as the Pullman of the skies. She is delicately and beautifully constructed of aluminium and specially prepared cotton, and contains double rows of sleeping berths, and a eky-blue drawingroom and diningroom like those of a city restaurant. The whole fabric ia semi-transparent in front. The engines were taken from the Zeppelin L7O.
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 71, 29 March 1921, Page 5
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