BRITAIN’S BIG AIRSHIP.
RIOI TESTED. ABNORMAL CONDITIONS RESISTED (Offlolal Wireless.) RUGBY, Nov. 13. The airship RlOl withstood with complete success winds of hurricane force while she was moored at the masthead at Cardington on Monday. She had a more severe test early yesterday morning. The wind suddenly veered 135 degrees in about one minute. The great airship, which is more than 7OOi't. long and offers a side surface of nearly an acre, had to meet a force which swung her round over one-third of a circle within a very short period of time.
This is regarded by experts as the most critical manoeuvre likely to be experienced, except possibly violent up and down currents, when the question of gas pressures and lift become involved. The fact that RlOl met the abnormal conditions without in any way exceeding the designer's calculations as to load factors is considered to be highly satisfactory. The wind had been blowing up to 67 miles an hour in gusts, but when it changed the southwest to the north the average force was about 35 miles an hour. The next flight of RlOl is to be made on Saturday. Members of both Houses of Parliament will make a five-hour flight.
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Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17869, 15 November 1929, Page 7
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203BRITAIN’S BIG AIRSHIP. Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17869, 15 November 1929, Page 7
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