A GIANT AIRSHIP
FOR INDIAN-AUSTRALIAN SERVICE STRICTEST SECJRECY OBSERVED. CONSTRUCTION UNDER ARMED G UARD.
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(Received Sept. 30, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 29. The Daily Express states: Armed guards prevent all approach to Cardington Aerodrome, where the construetion has been begun of the giant airship R101 for the IndianA u str al i a n ser v i ce . Already the mooring mast has been completed and it will be tested next week. More than 300 employees have been sworn to th© strictest secrecy. In fact, the sectional groups have not the slightest knowledge of what their neighbors are doing. The airship will not have an ordinary keel, but an equivalent thereof. Although the upper framework is completed, there is still many months of work aliead /
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Marlborough Express, Volume LX, Issue 232, 1 October 1926, Page 5
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132A GIANT AIRSHIP Marlborough Express, Volume LX, Issue 232, 1 October 1926, Page 5
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