SUPER-AIRSHIP
1 A GERMAN MACHINE. (By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) WASHINGTON, February 5. General Mitchell told the Naval Air Committee that Germany, during the war, designed an airship capable of flying around the world. He also claimed that the Germans passed New York with it, flying at an altitude of 30,000 ft, well beyond airplane attack. Tho engines were electrically heated, and the crew supplied with oxygen. General Mitchell added that the United States was designing airships to fly at an enormous altitude.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17064, 8 February 1921, Page 7
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