IN THE AIR AGAIN.
BRITISH DIRIGIBLE R33. THRILL FOR LONDON CITIZENS, j (Received 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z.-Renter. LONDON. Oct. 6. The airship R33 made her first flight since her adventure in April, when she broke from her mooring mast and drifted across the North Sea. The latest flight lasted for 19 hours. The airship returned to Pulham at noon after a night-long cruise in the Clac-ton-Margate area. She visited London during the morning, and was dimly seen through the fog. Glistening like a new craft the dirigible" thrilled swarms of business people on their way to the city. The only incident of the flight was a I minor defect in the fourth gear-box, hut the remaining three engines sufficed to complete the flight.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19143, 8 October 1925, Page 11
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