FLIGHT OF AIRSHIP Rl00

Hawera Star, Volume L, 5 August 1930, Page 5

FLIGHT OF AIRSHIP Rloo

■CONGIRAITULATIiaNS FOB IOREiW __ r A(Lsj rated Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright). OTTAWA, Aug. 3. ■The RIOO, which is now swinging at the mooring mast at 'Montreal, underwent an examination yesterday, and the Air Ministry states that it is revealed that, there is no structural defect or failure, ibut there is a. stripping of the fabric, over a fairly extensive area on the underside of the horizontal fin Materials for repair are on hand. It 'i s probable that no extensive flights will be undertaken in Can ad/a. In any case the flight over Ottawa scheduled for August "> must be postponed. The officers and crew of the airship are being officially welcomed in Montreal te-da.v. They received scores of telegrams and messages' of 'congratulation” Wing-Commander 'Colmore, however, deprecates any exaggerated: significance being attached to the voyage. Tt has in his view demionstrated' the efficiency of the thick-bodied, bluntnosedi tvpe oif airship, but all its officers agreed' that the vessel does not conform "to the requirements for an adequate and regular trans-Atlantie service. , Bir Dennisitcn Burney, at whose airship works the vessel was built, is of opinion that. a. ship twice as large as R'tOO and capable of doing So miles hourly is necessary for such a service.