FIREPROOF AIRSHIP
• PLANS SEsjgg:o U.S. NAM ~ ."-a- ” WASHINGTON, March d(J.—Plums, to build ail all-metal airship, fireproof., explosion-proof, and lightnmg-prooi.. have been submitted to the United States Navy by the American Mechanical Engineering Company. The .airship would be filled with noninflammable helium gas, and would be capable of ICO miles an hour. Design is considered radical. The? airship would be .shaped like a- raindrop, and would be propelled! by n. rotary manv-bladed fan in the noseand propellers underneath.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 180, 10 May 1939, Page 2
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77FIREPROOF AIRSHIP Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 180, 10 May 1939, Page 2
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