Pleasure Trips in the Air.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 8, 24 February 1909, Page 20

Pleasure Trips in the Air.

Tile Paris “Figaro” states that in a lew months there wid be four dirigible balloons capable of carrying fifteen passengers, the captain, and two mechanicians, ready tor pleasure cruises in Fra nee. I he Transaerian Company is undertaking the work, and the craft will have a gas capacity of 178,500 cubic feet, and will be propelled by 200-h.p. motors. I iie cradles, constructed on aluminium frames, will be furnished after the style of the saloon of a private yacht, and fitted with every luxury for long voyages. lhe Transaerian Company is already building a series of stations, which will be fitted up as docks for the airships, and stations for the -passengers. Those of Sai l rouville and Meaux exist already, and a third is being constructed at Vincennes. Others w ill be established at Nancy, Orleans, Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Pantowns which will be served by the balloon line. The “Figaro” says that this is not, as some people might think, mere romancing, but serious, solid fact, and the company has been formed by business men and practical engineers. THE C ROWD ENTER.