AIRSHIP BREAKS AWAY.
i C'- ,r BROKEN STEERING GEAR—FOUR ON ' BOARD. (Br Telegraph.-Prcsß AlsEoclatlonMJopyrlehU ' , (.ondon, November 5.. While Spain's new airship'(dirigible balloon) Espagna was being tried at Meaux, near Paris, the steering gear, broke. - The four occupants lost, control. The airship was last seen drifting seawards. . A SAFE DESCENT. . (Rec. November. 7, 5.5 .'p.m.) :■ _ Paris, November 0, : Tha; airship Espagna descended' safely; "at 5 Metam,\k.little overthirty miles from Mea\ii. ho. Spanish balloon is: of 'the: semi-rigid] type,' and the dimensions are' greater than those of the ,usual- Fronch-built dirigible. J fry ponor/ul engines wero to be put in. The : Spanish military authorities- believe-that- such a. typo of airship could render invaluable ser■nco. against the Riffs in Morocco; and it is> thought possible that the craft will be ready before tho Riif campaign i? over.]
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 658, 8 November 1909, Page 7
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134AIRSHIP BREAKS AWAY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 658, 8 November 1909, Page 7
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