PICTURE PRESS QRAVURB SECTION
BE PATIENT! BREAKFAST IN LONDON AND
DINNER IN NEW YORK THE SAME DAY,
DOESN'T SOUND AS IMPOSSIBLE TODAY AS
IT MIGHT HAVE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
THIS GIANT OF THE AIR IS THE "R-33"
UlL "R-.U." THE LATEST TYPE OK BRITISH AIRSHIP, HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AT BAKLOW bAK,
oic.SELBY ENGLAND. IT IS EQUAL IN SIZE TO 1 HE MOST SUCCESSFUL ZEPPELIN, AND
,1T.HAVE SHOWN THAT IT EQUALS, ' F NOT EXCEEDS, ZEPPELIN PERFORMANCES THE
1 '"AILS OF THE SHIP AHE: LENGTH, 6.0 FT ; CAPACITY, 2.000.000 CUBIC FEET? EUEL FOR
EiGHT DAYS' CONTINUOUS RUNNING. SPEED AT LEAST 70 MILES PER HOUR HER WEIGHT IN
r L i ! N G TRIM IS 60 TONS. INCLUDING A CARRYING CAPACITY OF BETWEEN 27 AND ?U TONS.
SHE IS CONSIDERED BY HER BUILDERS CAPABLE OF A NON-STOP JOURNEY ACROSS THE AT
LANTIC AND BACK FOR WAR PURPOSES SHE WAS TO HAVE CARRIED FOUR. 580-POUND AND
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