MILITARY AIRSHIP
London, October 1. Colonel Templet’s military airship, Nulli Secundus, which made its first ascent at Aldershot early in September, was given another trial yesterday. The airship flew around the camp at Aldershot, and circled about a church steeple. The Nulli Secundus attained a speed of twenty minutes an hour, and this in spite of a, head wind blowing with a velocity of twelve miles an hour. [Colonel J. L. B. Templer is superintendent of the balloon-fac-tory at Aldershot. Great secrecy was observed during the construction of his airship, which is stated to be on the lines of, but superior, to the French L,a Patrie.J
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3776, 3 October 1907, Page 3
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106MILITARY AIRSHIP Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3776, 3 October 1907, Page 3
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