NEW AIR PROBLEM.
ZEPS REACH ,20,(X)0 FEET. LONDON, October 23. '. The Evening .NeVta learns 'authoritatively that twelve -Zeppelins* headed for England ori Friday^ The mists and^ gales dispersed them, arid.. one drifted silently to London a strong;- north-east wind. British , airmen scoured the . skies, but they and the anti-aircraft guns were unable to., detect the 'raider* which* with its companions, was of a new type, having great speed, and able to reach- a height of 20.000 ft. It is . practically .invisible, and presents a new air problem- until a searchlight is discovered capablo of light, ing tho sky at that. altitude. ■ . T!T^^T^T'^ m^' mmmm^ mmmmmm^'mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm>
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14445, 3 November 1917, Page 8
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105NEW AIR PROBLEM. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14445, 3 November 1917, Page 8
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