BRITISH AIRSHIP RlOl
THE FLIGHT TO INDIA, A SATISFACTORY TRIAL. (British Official Wireless.) (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) RUGBY, October 2. (Received Oct. 3, at 5,5 p.m.) The airship RlOl, which left Cardmgton yesterday afternoon on a trial flight preliminary to, her journey to India, returned to the mooring mast this morning, having flown over London and along the east coast during the night. , The Air Ministry issued a communique regarding the flight, which states that the behaviour of the airship, including the new outer cover, was quite satisfactory, and the addition of the new section has in no way affected the control or stability of the ship.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21148, 4 October 1930, Page 13
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