AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.
NEW USE FOR DIRIGIBLES. (BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z CABLX ASSOCIATION.)
LONDON, December 6,
The Air Ministry is discussing the employment of one of the new big airships, probably the RlOl, as an aircraftcarrier.
To pay for its keep during an initial test flight, without passengers, from England to India, it is suggested that it should carry new aeroplanes outward, returning with old ones, which require reconditioning. It is considered that it could carry eight two-seater de Havilands of the Hound Class and a dozen smaller single-seater fighters, which could be dropped anywhere in Egypt or Iraq, while the others could be rehooked in mid-air as demonstrated at Pulham. Both of the new airships could in wartime be converted into Air Force carriers, carrying machines probably of the type as Lieutenant Webster's Schneider Cup winner, which by virtue of its speed would be practically immune from gun-fire.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19178, 8 December 1927, Page 9
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