When the first British naval airship was christened the Mayfly,'many humourists expressed their doubts that the. name might bean evil omen. So it seems to have be n, r p au- fate'of' the dirigible will result in the use of none at the Cavendish Dock, Barrow-in-Furness, for its first flight, an accident occurred, and the vessel was wrecked. ' It has cost the nation approximately a million pounds.- It » thought that the fate g. other than heavier-than-air machines in the future. - - - . ■ ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14835, 11 November 1911, Page 5 (Supplement)
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