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FLIGHT AGAIN POSTPONED. WEATHER CONDITIONS UNFAVOURABLE. icarrao rnasa association-st aLEcnif ■ttuzanwa -COPYRIGHT.) {Received November C4th, 11 p.m.) LONPON. November -4. Members of Parliament were again disappointed in the trip of the airship BIOL Heavy rain and a gale deterred „.«v from eoina to Cardington, tinman? from M" n * _., - ( hit t others taking » rhanc\ The first hitch occurred when a weight connected with the lift became detached awl the hft was put out of action. The last -1 guest, climbed 314 at.ps '« order ' a Lard th«- airship, where everybody 1 ad luneh It was then announced that the trip had been abandoned; first owing to the rain, which had so weighted the envelope that with such a large party the shin might be overburdened; second If the gale persisted it might be difficult to moor her again Tho final ' derision was left w.th Lord Thompson, | „-ho wired apologies but .aid that in S tl,.- rirci.mstanr-« the flight mu-t be postponed.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19785, 25 November 1929, Page 11
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