BIGGER AIRSHIPS.
GERMANY-- FOLLOWS IN WAKE OF BBITAIN. NEW TYPE bF ZEPPELIN. *% By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyr ight.) - (Times Cable). LONDON, Jan. 17. The Berlin correspondent of The Times states that, in anticipation of a greater new Zeppelin, the dismantling of the sheds at Friedrichshafen, which are too email. The new Zeppelin, called LZ 128, •will be about the same length as the •Oraf Zeppelin, but the maximum diameter will be increased one-eighth giving a cubic capacity of 150,000 cubic metres, as compared with the Graf .'Zeppelin's 105,000 thug approaching the size of British airships. The chief alteration relates to the tuglnes, which, in accordance with Von Eekner's dictum, will be of greater power. The control and navigation cabins will be moved farther astern, also lower, giving a full view of the stern, as the officers found that the ■Graf Zeppelin was deficient in this respect. The covering will be' of linen instead of cotton.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 January 1929, Page 5
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