Aircraft - Aviation - Balloons - Helicopters

Sep. 04, 1978 - Britain's New Airship Nears Completion. The first of Britain's new range of airships stand in its hangar at Cardington, Beds writing for its inaugural flight. Made by Aerospace Developments, it is a prototype and from its success orders for more than twenty have been confidently anticipated. Cost is in the half-a-million pound mark for the twin petrol engined version which is 164 feet long and has a payload of 2? tons with a top speed of 70m.p.h. Probable uses will be for coastal surveillance and aerial advertising

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Aerospace Airships Anticipated Beds Cardington Completion Confidently Cost Developments Engined Half-a-million Hangar Inaugural Nears Payload Petrol Pound Probable Surveillance Tons Uses

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