GERMANY'S AERIAL FLEET
. : —■ « | ' ' a Lengthy list." j (By Tblegrasil.— Pniss' Association.-^OoJiyrlßtlU (Rec. August 18, 10.20 p.m.) j. . , , Berlin, August 18. i Germany possesses three GrosS airships (semi-rigid type), four l'arsevals (non-rigid), p one Cluth Bteoiahlo, one airship oonstmctod • % Ijy tho Rhine WeStphaliaiL Company,' and ' another from Amwica, all roddy fof 6or- ) vice. Another Zeppelin, another Parsoval, | and an airship by Professor Schutto,will be ready in a couple of months. [Professor Schutte's new tvpO iB to be built of , wood. It will be considerably more powerful than the Zeppelins, will have a gas Oapaflity of 18,000 cubic metres,' and Will be driven by moj tors of between 500-h.p. and 600-h.p. The inventor expects to develop a speed of .from thirty- , five to forty-five miles an hour.;. This vossel is being built on tho Zeppelin "rigid' system, butthe use of wood instead of aluminitun Will, it is hoped, render possible' the employment or wireless telegraphy, whioh is deenied to be lffl- * practicable in the Zoppolins. It ia not clear J what the "Cluth statable" is.] .
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 590, 19 August 1909, Page 5
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173GERMANY'S AERIAL FLEET Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 590, 19 August 1909, Page 5
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