AMERICAN AIRSHIPS.
CONTRACT FOR A ZEPPELIN. LARGEST IN THE WORLD. A. and N.Z- BERLIN, Aug. 16. The world's largest airship is being built at Friedrichshnven by the Zeppelin Companv for the United Statee. It will carry 40 passengers, and a. crew of 20, together with food and fuel .for a long voyage.
In view of the disasters to the Roma and RZB, it will be capable of using non-in-flammable helium gas, a s well as hydrogen.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18172, 18 August 1922, Page 7
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