PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE'S ACTIVITY.
$ LONDON, June 22.— Parliamentary - Aerial Defence Committee state that L « their air. ship, of 227,500 cubic feet, is i approaching completion, and it is hopj ed, to sail from Paris to London before . the present Parliamentary session conJ eludes. - s The committee announce they have i secured an option for the purchase for s the nation of two propeller ti&lors,,, each of 220 horse power. They carry/ enough petrol for a 700 miles journey, and will take 25 passengers. Their speed is 85.40 miles an hour. The Daily Mail offers £5,000 to build a garage to enable the Committee's airships to remain in England until - the test.
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West Coast Times, 23 June 1909, Page 2
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110PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE'S ACTIVITY. West Coast Times, 23 June 1909, Page 2
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