CONQUERING THE AIR
PASSENGER SERVICES. DETAILS OF ZEPPELIN SCHEMES. FINANCIAL QUESTION. (bt TELEdiUrn— press association—corißianT.) N (Roc. May 18, 9.5 p.m.) Berlin, May 18. With regard to tho aorial passenger service project of tho Zeppelin Airship Company— which proposes \f> establish regular lines >"n 1910, including one from Luoemo (Switzerland) to North Germany, via Frankfort-on-Main—the estimates of cost show that the Company project an aggregate of 600 trips por annum with threo ships. Inclusive of wages and amortisation charges, tho cost will bo £8500, sterling per annum. The only doubt is whother sufficient passengers' will be availablo to' cover ex- I penses. Each ship will have a crow of five, with twenty passengers. A War Office subsidy is expected for the principal lino from Dusscldorf to. Lucerne. MILITARY AIRSHIPS. PREFERRED TO DREADNOUGHTS. Berlin, May 17. ' A remankablo agitation is going on ,in Germany to build a huge aerial fleet, instead of many Dreadnoughts. ,AN AERIAL .APPARITION. London, May 17. "For several weeks a .mysterious airship has occasionally been seen over tho eastern counties, chiefly at night-time.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 511, 19 May 1909, Page 7
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176CONQUERING THE AIR Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 511, 19 May 1909, Page 7
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