AIRSHIPS FOR AMERICA.
WORLD CRUISE PROJECTED. (BT CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COFYBIGHT.) (A.T7BTBALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received March 7th, 9.5 p.m.) NEW YORK. March 7. Kear-Ad'miral Moffett, in a speech., said the United States Navy was now building a rigid dirigible utilising helium gas, which would make a tour of the world, probably proceeding to the North Pole or the South Pole for* scientific purposes. The dirigible would embody the latest improvements in aeronautic science, and be capable of long-sustained voyages and carrying heavy loads. Germany was building for the United States «. similar oraft. Admiral Moffett predicted that the ditTgible would he a tremendous factor in future warfare and a vital agency in national defence. Hie stressed the fact that aeronautics had produced » serious defence problem for the United States, in view of the nearness of! foreign island possessions to the: American coast, notably the West Irdies. The United States, he said, could easily bo subjected 1 to bombing from these places as centres of operations.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17707, 8 March 1923, Page 7
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