GIANT AIRSHIP.
FOR AMERICAN NAVY DEPARTMENT. WTLL CARRY FIVE- AEROPLANES. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COP i RIGHT. WASHINGTON. June 28. The Navy Department wii 1 order a new dirigible mounting guns an 1 cat lying five aeroplanes. The ship, which i.s expected to be the. iargest in the world, will be completed in 1928 It will have a cruising range o c 12. 500 statute in lies at 50 knots, with a maximum speed of 70 miles, a crew of five, and a* gas content of 6,500,000 cubic feet. t Helium will probably be ueeu Ihe cost will be 500,000 dollars.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 30 June 1927, Page 5
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100GIANT AIRSHIP. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 30 June 1927, Page 5
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