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RiOO MAKES SEVERAL FLIGHTS EXPERTS IMPRESSED British Official Wireless Reed. Noon. RUGBY, Tuesday. The airship RIOO. after her six hours’ maiden flight yesterday, left the mooring mast at Cardington at 10 o’clock this morning, and after circling over Bedford set her course for London. The impressions of the experts on board yesterday were most favourable. Naturally the engines were not run at their full power on the first flight, but the speeds she attained and her response to the controls gave great satisfaction. The crew and passengers numbered 60. After today’s flight the ship returned to her mooring mast just before three o’clock. Though she set her course toward London there was no intention of visiting the metropolis owing to mist and bad visibility. The airship escaped observation at most places which she passed over. She kept the Air Ministry informed of her movements by wireless.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 849, 18 December 1929, Page 11
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