BRITISH AIRSHIP
NEW STKKL PROPELLER LONDON. March 21. Tin' emislmelors of I In- airship 11101 have completed ;i I wo-hladcd sla inli s.steel air propeller, 1011, in diameter. It is the largest metal air screw yet Imill, lint is lighter i iniii a wooden one of th<
It incorporates a novi'l Imli mechanism actuated liy ii hiiml lever. >.'•". i-li twists tin; blades in an angle al which il acts us ;i brake for I lie purpose of i-.ti allying I lit! airship while il is drawn up tn tin. mooring mast.; The (hiverniuent has plaeeil a eonIra el for steel -ir.liTs for the I,'lOi. on which work lias lieen begun. The eN periments for the safety of the airship are being continued. :ir i. I include Ihe building of ti complete section••■ 1111pTy t'ov testing .
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 April 1926, Page 5
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