A HUGE BRITISH ADMIRALTY DIRIGIBLE LANDING IN A THIRTY-MILE-PER-HOUR WIND, WHICH HAS TILTED HER ON END. H.M.A. “C.X.5” ENTERING HER HANGAR. The Admiralty recently announced that they had taken in hand a great programme of airship construction. The new dirigibles are to be rigid, and equal in size to the largest Zeppelins, with a gas capacity of 2,500,000 cubic feet, a lifting capacity of 60 tons, range of 8000 miles, speed of 60 to 70 miles per hour, and crew of 25. They will be stationed on the coast for sea patrol and observation work. It is expected that some may be used for Government experiments in postal and passenger services in the near future. The dirigible shown is One of the existing smaller type, used for convoys to Norway and elsewhere. A FORMIDABLE MEMBER OF BRITAIN’S POWERFUL AIR FLEET—THE LARGEST FLYING BOAT IN EXISTENCE. This famous Porte superbaby triplane flying boat is a British machine with British engines. It is fitted with five Rolls-Royce “Eagle 8” engines, arranged in tandem sets and one single “pusher.” The two rear “pusher” propellers in the tandem sets are four-bladed, and the others two-bladed. The total span of the wings is 123 feet, the length of fuselage 60 feet, the height from keel to ring-post 27 feet 6 inches, and the total weight 23,400 pounds.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1514, 1 May 1919, Page 21

A HUGE BRITISH ADMIRALTY DIRIGIBLE LANDING IN A THIRTY-MILE-PER-HOUR WIND, WHICH HAS TILTED HER ON END. H.M.A. “C.X.5” ENTERING HER HANGAR. The Admiralty recently announced that they had taken in hand a great programme of airship construction. The new dirigibles are to be rigid, and equal in size to the largest Zeppelins, with a gas capacity of 2,500,000 cubic feet, a lifting capacity of 60 tons, range of 8000 miles, speed of 60 to 70 miles per hour, and crew of 25. They will be stationed on the coast for sea patrol and observation work. It is expected that some may be used for Government experiments in postal and passenger services in the near future. The dirigible shown is One of the existing smaller type, used for convoys to Norway and elsewhere.

A FORMIDABLE MEMBER OF BRITAIN’S POWERFUL AIR FLEET—THE LARGEST FLYING BOAT IN EXISTENCE. This famous Porte superbaby triplane flying boat is a British machine with British engines. It is fitted with five Rolls-Royce “Eagle 8” engines, arranged in tandem sets and one single “pusher.” The two rear “pusher” propellers in the tandem sets are four-bladed, and the others two-bladed. The total span of the wings is 123 feet, the length of fuselage 60 feet, the height from keel to ring-post 27 feet 6 inches, and the total weight 23,400 pounds.