BRITAIN'S AIRSHIP.
A' FLY OF TIIIRTY-THREE MILES. EASIL GUIDED. THREE AND A HALF HOURS ALOFT. (Rcc. Oct. 7, 1.15 a.m.) London,' October 6. Tlio military airship Nxilli Sccundus, designed by Colonel 1 J.-L..8. .Templor... Superintendent of tho 'Balloon Factory at Aldcvshot, left at ldl.id a.m. tho village of Farnborougli (in Hampshire, thirty-two miles from London), and, starting against a light wind, steered via Staines (a town of Middlesex, nineteen miles -west-south-west 'of * tlie Metropolis) to London; Tho balloon passed .oyer, St,, Paul's Cathedral at 12.25 .p.m.,..by.,which, fiino it had travelled thirty-three' ! miles/' It then circled thedo'rae'of St.'Paul's, and finally descended M skilfully into the centre of the cycle track at tho Crystal Palace at'2.ls p-riv. "'' ■ ! " r Colonel John E. Capper,. Command-' ing tho Balloon, 'Companies R.E. Aldershot, was aboard, along with Colonel Cody and Lieut. Waterlow. They were., delighted.-, with -tho" bchavious of tho airship,- 1 -which rose' and fell at their bidding.', Tho,.aeroplanes steered perfectly. .' r. -' The journey aroused'intense'public interest." The whirl .of the , screw. ; and tho noise of the motor' were -plainly audible to thoso below.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 10, 7 October 1907, Page 5
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178BRITAIN'S AIRSHIP. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 10, 7 October 1907, Page 5
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