Rl0l ALOFT AGAIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 811, 4 November 1929, Page 9

Rlol ALOFT AGAIN

SPEED OF 70 MILES AN HOUR ATTAINED FOG CURTAILS FLIGHT British Official Wireless RUGBY, Saturday. The airship RlOl made another successful trial flight yesterday. She left the mooring mast at Gardington just before 10 a.m. Sir Samuel Hoare, the former Secretary- of State for Air, was one of the passengers. After circling for about 10 minutes over Bedford, the airship .made for Sandringham, where, she dipped gracefully to within 400 ft from the ground. King George, Queen Mary and their grand-daughter, Princess Elizabeth, were on the terrace. The crew waved to them, and the King raised his hat in reply. The little Princess clapped her hands in delight. Then the airship flew via Cromer and Norwich to Newmarket Heath, where racing was in progress. Ehe circled over the racecourse, and then proceeded to Cambridge. It had been intended to visit Dondon, but owing to fog the airship returned from Cambridge to Gardington, and was back at the mooring mast soon after three o’clock. The highest speed reached during the flight was about 70 miles an hour. November 15 is mentioned as the date on which the sister airship RIOO is likely to leave Howden, in Yorkshire, on her trial trip.