GIANT AIRSHIP.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19136, 2 April 1924, Page 4

GIANT AIRSHIP.

i TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. V % ■ TESTS IN GERMANY. 1 ■ ' ■■ ■ .j |j - :t - LONDON, March 16. f iThe transatlantic voyage of the airship ‘ Zs 3, constructed by the Zeppelin Comply at Fried richshaven for the United States, has aoain Been postponed. •to |priginally the fight was planned for »,ll|)t November, but . was aubsecpently flied for the end of April. Now it is unlikely ©’•‘take place, says the Berlin Corespondent of The Times, before the «|l of May. The reason for the latest . pdbtponement is the desire to ,carry out a series of test flights Over Germany to ; pfjbve the reliability of her five Hew ■ Mybqch motors of 400 h.p. reach. Previous motors used even in war- » ! tithe Zeppelins did not exceed 260 h.p.

S toJWith. the new higher powered type it ia£hoped to render the airship, which is the • 10Dth built by the Zeppelin Company, safe ■. add controllable in any storm likely to , .encountered. , It embodies all the ; latest, constructional improvements. *For the Atlantic voyage to America the airship will be controlled by Herr ‘ Eckener, one of the leading Zeppelin engineers, and the crew will be mainly German. ,i The Maybach firm is one of the biggest J engineering concerns in Germany, and before tHo war specialised in tfip. manufacture of racing cars, • %,