BRITAIN’S AIRSHIPS
DIRIGIBLES NEAR COMPLETION strength the consideration. [ Australian Press Assn. ] deceived Aug. 21, 11.30 p.m. LONDON, Aug 21. It is expected that R 101 will be Ftady at the end of the month and RlOO early next month For five weeks mechanics have been busy inflating RlOl at the rate of a million feet weekly. Six hundred men and 150 girls spent nearly two years building RlOO, which is already floating in the shed. Today six engines were successfully tried out. RlOO is structurally the strongest airship in existence The policy of the designers throughout has been to place strength before performance.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 199, 22 August 1929, Page 7
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103BRITAIN’S AIRSHIPS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 199, 22 August 1929, Page 7
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