POWERFUL AIRSHIP
BEING BUILT IN GERMANY • FOR UNITED STATES (Rec. November 5, 5.5 p.m.) Berlin, November 3 An airship, which is declared to be the best In existence, is being built at the Zenpelin factory at Friedrichshafen. for the Government of tho United States, to which country it will be flown by a German crew. It will be equipped with six engines and. attain a speed of 85 miles an hour. Tho ship will be able to fly 8500 miles without a stop. It-S gas cnpneitv will bo two and a half million cubic feet. The craft will be used for experimental long distance flights. Provision will be made for forty staterooms, in the event of tho ship being put to commercial use.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 36, 6 November 1922, Page 7
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125POWERFUL AIRSHIP Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 36, 6 November 1922, Page 7
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