NSll’s WORLD RECORD.
HER GREA7I‘ \VO'I-(K I-.N “SPOTTING” HUBMARINES. The NSII was one of the non.-rigid types used during the war for :~;pol;tin,'; enemy S11l'll{11‘iI1CF? and mines In "February and March she accomplishetl some remarkable long-distance flights. On__ one occasion she made a voyage of more ‘than 1000 miles over the Nortli Sea, touching Denmark, the Hengeland Bight and Holland, and thus established a world's record for a nonrigid airship. She was in the air for 4G; hours, and the voyage ended in a gfale. She was equipped with two 260 h.p; Fiat engines, and had a gasbag cap-.icity of 360,000 cubic feet. She was capable of a speed of over 50 miles an hou_r, and the crew were housed in a cabin about 30 feet long. Compared with R 33 and R 34, she was 'a Very small craft, being scarcely onefifth the size of these monsters.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3325, 1 November 1919, Page 3
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148NS11’s WORLD RECORD. Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3325, 1 November 1919, Page 3
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