AERONAUTICS.
ARMY AIRSHIP BETA WRECKED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, December 17. . The War. Office's dirigible Beta, with four passengers, started on an'experimentar voyage from London,- when the carburetter froze, causing a. breakdown.. The Beta alighted on trees fringing Empress. Eugenie's residence , at . Farnborough Hill. The cage was damaged and the occupants * severely shaken. They were suspended previously for some time, when a bough pierced the envelope, which deflated and released the : dirigible, which sank to the ground and was wrecked.. .' ■ BRITAIN'S PURCHASE OF A PARSEVAL. FEELING IN GERMANY. : Berlin, December 17. , , Aeronautical circles protest against the sale of a Parseval airship to Great Britain. ■..■■;' .....'.-..-. , It was stated'recently .that the British' Admiralty, had. ordered from Germany a Parseval airship 0f'350,000 cubic feet capacity, . ,to oost ,£25,000. The vessel was to have a speed of fifty miles an hour, and to be able to carry twenty people.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1627, 19 December 1912, Page 5
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145AERONAUTICS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1627, 19 December 1912, Page 5
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