NEW AIRSHIP.
ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA. PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION. LONDON, Oct. 22. It is stated that > the hull and the framework of the airship being built under the direction of Commander Burriey, M.P., and which may be used in the England-Australia service, has been completed and the installation of the passenger accommodation commenced. The 15 gasbags which will fill in the sections of tho framework have almost been finished, and it is hoped that the ship will be ready for a trial in the spring of 1928, or at the latest in the summer. Research work is continuing, and if it is completed in time, heavy oil engines will bo installed, - instead of the Rolls Royce engines now being fitted to enable the most speedy construction*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19783, 2 November 1927, Page 11
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125NEW AIRSHIP. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19783, 2 November 1927, Page 11
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