GREAT BRITISH AIRSHIP
CONSTRUCTION COMMENCED, New York', July 15. Tho Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" staves that United States Government air experts learn that the British Government has I'egun to build the largest dirigible yet undertaken. It will have a capacity of ten million cubic feet, a lilting power of a hundred tons, and a cruising range of 10,000 miles. It will) easily be able to undertake a journey from England to Australia. The cost of the dirigible, with two hangars for it, will bo J.'1,b00,000. It is expecied that tho airship will bo completed within eighteen or twenty months. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. •
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 254, 22 July 1919, Page 5
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105GREAT BRITISH AIRSHIP Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 254, 22 July 1919, Page 5
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