GIANT AIRSHIP
NEW BRITISH MACHINE GREAT SECRECY MAINTAINED INDIAN-AUSTRALIAN SERVICE (Elo.e. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assu.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.! (Received Sept. 30, 3 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 29. Tlie Daily Express states' that armed guards prevent all approach to ( aldington aerodrome, whero the construction began u| a giant airship IUOI. for the IndianAustralian service. Already the mooring mast is completed, and might be tested next week. More than 300 employees have been sworn to the strictest secrecy. In fact, sectional groups have not the slightest knowledge of what, their neighbors are doing. The airship will not have an ordinary keel, but the equivalent thereof. Although the upper framework is completed, there is still many months' work ahead. The most successful tests were carried out to-day with Britain's latest coast defence bomber. It is the fastest in the world, carries a huge weigh of bombs, and bristles with machine: guns. II can fly I v ariy one of three engines and keep aloft'all "day. Si; Ham. H-l Hoaro was very impressed hv ibe trial.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17152, 30 September 1926, Page 11
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173GIANT AIRSHIP Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17152, 30 September 1926, Page 11
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