BRITISH AIRSHIP RlOl
THE FLIGHT TO INDIA. READY FOR FINAL TRIALS. (British Official Wireless, i (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) RUGBY, September 30. Airship RlOl still ■ awaits favourable weather for removal from her shed preparatory to undertaking the final trials before leaving for India. In future delays owing to the weather will bo virtually abolished at Cardington, as the apparatus for mechanical handling will be completed by the end of the year, which will permit of the airship being moved into or out of the shed with the wind bloAving at the rate of 30 miles an hour. At present there is a risk to the vessel if the Avind exceeds eight miles an hour.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21146, 2 October 1930, Page 10
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