MAMMOTH AIRSHIP.
ROUND THE WORLD IN 20
DAYS
Recently a visit of inspection was made to the R3B at Cardinglon, where her construction, began by Messrs Short; Bros., has been completed by the Air Ministry, and one must again express regret that the biggest airship in the world is being handed over to the United States. Towards the end of the summer she will be navigated by the American crew, which has been trained in this country, across the Atlantic to her new home.
This new vessel has a gas capacity of 2,700,000 cubic feet as against 2,100,000 of the R 36, and has an estimated cruising endurance, at 09 miles per hour air speed, of 110 fewer than 113. hours. That means about 0,500 miles non-stop! In the region of the trade winds such a vessel could make a complete circuit of the globe in three runs, and accomplish it in fewer than 20 doys. The R3B is 085 ft. in length, and has a gross lift of about 85 tons, and a net lift of about 45 tons. She lias an important superiority over her predecessors in the matter of cruising speed, being about eight miles an hour faster. This is progress in the most important direction of all.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2318, 20 August 1921, Page 1
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211MAMMOTH AIRSHIP. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2318, 20 August 1921, Page 1
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