DIRIGIBLE BALLOONS.
■. W'-y, £ -;:^N^ENGU&^FT..;:! f■;■ V ".; \. • ;, (By,; Telegraph-—Press'/AssqolatSon.— CopyrlebUS , : ;; v ;'^.';/'^ec;\Jd ■ ;■':"• :. : v- v^ ; ' London,^July 14.;; : ; , '';'. . King Edward : has intimated <that he;would: : | be pleased to. : :iiispecii : the airship/referre'd.'to ' ;inj ; the. cablegram:otJJuno'22.vv i ;-.>;''>' •'\r ; -y^ . ':'.- [A London'cablegram dated June 22 stated r-~. ;" ; The .Parliamentary ; Aerial .Defence .Commit-'' ; tee ; state r that an ; ;airship "with a'.capacity ; of .227,500;' cubic. feet. {sYapproaohirig i completion, •'and'it.is hoped that'.it,will.: sailfrom',Paris'.to. London before' the ■ Parliamentary' Session;concludes. ; ; The,committee has secured theoption : of ..purchase of the. airship, for ■• the nation. v:lt . has.Hirb;!propellers'.and- two /motors,! each of 220-horse.; power,., arid; will ;be^able '.to".carry petrol; for a;.700-miles. journey, .with" 25 .pas-sengors.'-'at-.a.- speed of. 35:40.mi1es an- houi; The: r Daily.:MailgoffersiJEaOpO to build a! garage. •to enable..the airship to -remain;in..England until. tso.test."J .' ■ : ;; t '"-/\ ; •'''■; ■,;■'! ' : ."^:':':'• ■';■!" v." ; /. :^'v'; ;'l^'- : :;--'' : ',Now i York,';July''l3; ; ; ! ' 'Frank Gqodale, ayouthful/acrohaut, starting "■■from New; Jersey, 7 , sailed a ..dirigible balloon over.:; New..York, '/and returned .'to. .New Jorsey,, against; the,-wind, manoeuvring his airship, splendidly,'"- ;v-> T -" ; ;\\:, ;■ -•' •■'.- '::''?"■;■", ■' ;' : .v;.'7- : ±: '■-}■]:: ,;,'.• ■.: ;■. •■■• : \-Z : '~C')''^--:jl l3orHni ; ";july : :l3.V.'/ . Count:; Zeppelin-.is ■ arranging? for ; ; the. enlargement of; railway termini 'to- "shelter his. airships,. .so' as -to 'avoid:' the ■. necessity' ;of speeiarbaUobhrhalls., . ':,' •'■ .''.'.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 560, 15 July 1909, Page 5
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180DIRIGIBLE BALLOONS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 560, 15 July 1909, Page 5
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