HAMBURG TO NEW YORK.
PROPOSED AERIAL SERVICE,
A TWO DAYS TRIP. LARGE AIRSHIP BUILDING. Received August 10. i 1.30 a.m. LONDON, August 9. The Daily Chronicle says the keel has been laid for an airship Tor the New York-Hamburg service. The vessel is designed for tile speed of 100 miles an hour, and the carriage will hold 300 passengers. II will lie lilted with a hull which will float. The luxurious fittings include a roof pa■■den. The ship is 950 ft long. K,;,:; wide, and 1-i Oft high, with spaclom
staterooms and saloons similar to an ocean liner. The danger of (Ire and explosion lias been eliminated. The ai:•ship was designed by M. Bonier, ;.;.•• Dutch engineer. It is Intended '<■• make two trips weekly between Ne-v York and Hamburg, and il is be!ic\v i the passage will lie made in two da>s.
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Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 15310, 10 August 1923, Page 5
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141HAMBURG TO NEW YORK. Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 15310, 10 August 1923, Page 5
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