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FUTURE OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR CRAFT. By Telegraph— Press A-soeiat on — I Copyright Reuter's Telegrams (Received May 4, 9.30 a.in.) NEW YORK* May 3. Mr P. E. I). Nagle, transportation specialist, who was assigned by tiie Commerce Department to travel j with die dirigible Los Angeles during the recent test flight to Bermuda, will report that the future of the commercial service ol lighter-than-air ships lies in lone: distance passengercarriage over land and water, such as is proposed by the Chicago, New York, London and Berlin route. Vessels should be constructed with gas cells containing from 6,000,000 to 10, 1 000,000 cubic feet of gas. as compared with the 2.000,000 of the Los Angeles.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17528, 4 May 1925, Page 6
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