DIRIGIBLE SERVICE
CALIFORNIA TO JiAPAN. ? By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. • New York, Jan. 14. The construction at Akron, Ohio, of three" giant dirigibles is.’ well ahead, for a service between San Francisco and Japan to be opened in 1932, according to an announcement by the president of the Goodyear Company, Mr. Litchfield. They will contain two floors with 50 staterooms for .100 passengers. With the use of helium inflation, passengers may be housed with safety inside the hulk of the ship itself. .Th© navigation cabins will be. air that protrude beneath. , ■ Th© trip from' San Francisco to Honolulu will take 36 hours, four days more to Manila and another 36 hours to Yokohama;, ..
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1930, Page 5
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