AIRSHIP RIOO
NEW ENGINES FITTED
PRELUDE TO ATLANTIC PLIGHT
Britisli Official Wireless.: (Received 22nd May, 11 a.m.)
RUGBY, 21st May
.The Air Ministry's airship RIOO was taken from her shed at Cardington before dawn' to-day, and an hour and a half later she wsA safely locked home to the mooring mast. Major Scott was in charge of the. operation, which'was performed in favourable weather, a light northerly registering only four or five miles hourly. . RIOO left this evening for a trial flight, during which tests will be made of the new engines that have been fit: ted. The flight will probably last 12 or 14 hours. The' passengers include the Under-Seeretary for Air, Mr. F. Montague. If the tests are satisfactory the vessel will be ready for her flight to Canada, the exact date of departure being determined by weather conditions. Tho outlook at present over the Atlantic is not regarded as favourable.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 119, 22 May 1930, Page 9
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