A MONSTER AIRSHIP

Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1640, 12 May 1925, Page 7

A MONSTER AIRSHIP

LUXURIOUS TRAVEL.

Working plans for a huge airship, twice as ibig as any yet built, are now being completed in the United States by the well-known Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation. According to a leading official of that organisation, this immense airship is to be fitted on a' plan never before attempted. One can visualise a passenger cabin, extending along the keel of the vessel, with a promenade deck and steamer chairs, comfortable iberths, diningroom service, shower baths, and the like, furnishing a pleasant and easy journey, without sea-sickness or other discomforts of present methods of travel.

Many 'inquiries have been made as to what the fare may be, but no one is in a position yet to discuss the matter of cost of airship travel because the operating experience has been too limited to draw final conclusions. What may ibe said is that the Zeppelin ships offer a new and faster method of long-distance transport, and that interesting developments are In front. America is now able to draw upon the accumulated experience of 25 years of the Zeppelin organisation in construction and operation of airships. It has the added advantage of American factory methods of construction, of American enterprise and resources and temperament, plus the fact of a great continent and two great oceans to operate over without having to cross the borders of another nation.

Dr Hugo Eckner, head of the Zeppelin plant and commander of the ZR3 on its delivery flight, will be a memher of the hoard of directors for Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation, the presence of this expert being, an assurance that the full resources and experience of successful Zeppelin operations will be at America's disposal.