IMPROVED AIRSHIP.
DETROIT-LONDON SERVICE. SKIN MADE OF DURALUMIN. A. and N.Z. DEARBORN (Mich.). Feb. 10. A new type of dirigible will be built at a local motor-car plant for the Government. This will be the first step toward the establishment of a three days' passenger service between Detroit and London. Tho metal airship will have a skin of duralumin plates, of almost inconceivable thinness, but six times stronger than the fabrics which are at present used for covering dirigibles. The new fabric is fireproof and weatherproof. The airship will be 150 ft. long and 53ft. in diameter. It is claimed that it will be more durable than any similar structure built in tho past.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18941, 12 February 1925, Page 9
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114IMPROVED AIRSHIP. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18941, 12 February 1925, Page 9
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