AIRSHIP Rl01

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 45, 16 November 1929, Page 13

AIRSHIP Rl01

FIVE HOURS’ TRIAL TO-DAY RECORD NUMBER OF PASSENGERS SPACIOUS DINING SALOON (British Official Wireless,) (Rec. November 15, 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, November 14. When the airship RlOl makes her five hours’ trial on Saturday she will have about ISO people on board, including 80 members of the House of Commons and 20 members of the House of Lords. This total will be the largest number of individuals ever yet taken into the air by any form of vessel. The accommodation on the RlOl is such that the dining saloon has room for 50 people at a sitting. M.P.’S PRESSING ENGAGEMENTS DISASTER TO AIRSHIP FORETOLD (Rec. November 15, 7.15 p.m.) Loudon, November 14. It is stated that some of the members of Parliament who won tickets for the flight in RlOl on Saturday found a number of pressing engagements preventing their participation. Several report they have received letters from constituents imploring them not to risk the flight One member of the House of Commons says he discovered in a publication which features predictions that disaster to an airship in which politicians were enjoying a flight was foretold for this very month and year. According to present arrangements, RlOl will carry a party numbering about' 180. including 75 members of the House of Commons and twenty Peers, three of the latter being over 70 years of age. The human cargo will weigh approximately thirteen tons. AUSTRALIANS’ ENJOYABLE TRIP FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA NOT POSSIBLE YET London, November 14. The Australian airmen SquadronLeader Wrigley and Flight-Lieutenant Harmon had a three hours’ flight in the airship RlOl. They described it as highly successful and wholly enjoyable. The Australian Press Association understands that therd is no possibility of a flight tp Australia till considerable experimental work has been done toward India at the end of the year for the purpose of learning unknown details as to tropical influences. After this Australia will be urged to expediate the construction of a mooring mast. POLISH AIR OFFICERS KILLED Warsaw', November 14. Two Polish Air Force officers, participating in filming Poland’s first aviation picture, “The Starry Squadron,” were killed instantly when their machines collided in mid-air and crashed in flames. ____________