R.loo
ONE: HUNDRED PASSENGERS
(United Press Association—By Kleotric Telegraph—Copyright).
LONDON, Nov. 29
Ih a luncheon address during an
'inspection of Airship R.IOO the buildet, Sir Ci D. Burney, said that at that moment she was lifting one liundreu
passfengers and about ’ thirty tons of fuel. She had cost £450,C00, to which the Government had contributed
£300,000. The Airship Guarantee Company had also spent £55,000 in enpi- - tal. That construction amounted to a heavy contribution towards aeronau- • tical development. The Government ‘ (Could riot expect engineering firms to anake Such contributions in future. For
.example Vickers firm had announced that they did not intend to undertake sin other similar contract. He considered that the Government’s best course would be to' lay down a five years’ programme entailing three millions sterling. If so, an airship of real commercial value could be built.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1929, Page 5
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