AIRSHIP TO CARRY 1,000 PEOPLE.
M. Makhonin, the Moscow engineer, has elaborated a plan for the construction of a giant airship. His scheme has been examined and approved by a special committee of experts. The motors of the airship will be of 24,000 h.p., and its freight-carrying capacity nearly 1000 tons. It will have several berth decks, and a lift will provide communication between them. A motor car, an aeroplane, and a motor boat will be carried. The new airship will be capable of carrying 1000 persons, and her speed will lie 66 miles an hour. This first Soviet airship is a great victory in the field of technical science. It is expected that its construction will be completed by May 1, 1921.
M. Makhonin recently designed an electric train "such as Europe and America have not seen.” The train made a satisfactory trial trip between Retrograd and Moscow in September last.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLII, Issue 1736, 11 February 1921, Page 2
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