ZEPPELIN'S AIRSHIP RECORD.
Soaring like a mighty bird, Count Zeppelin's dirigible airship, the largest in the world, on March 20th created a world's record for weightcarrying in cruising the sky. The huge dirigible ascended from its quarters at Lake Constance bearing Count Zeppelin with ten aeronauts of the German army and fifteen soldiers. Never before in the brief history of aeronauts has an airship made a successful flight with a crew of twenty-six persons. A huge throng witnessed the ascent. The airship rose as majestically as an eagle. Its flight covered 150 miles and the dirigible was in the air four hours. As a result of the trip the Kaiser will in all probability ask a large appropriation from the Reichstag to build an aerial navy, which will surpass all others in existence.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3188, 13 May 1909, Page 3
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133ZEPPELIN'S AIRSHIP RECORD. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3188, 13 May 1909, Page 3
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