The aerial liners of the future will be models of comfort, speed and safety, according to Air Commodore Maitland, of R34 fame, who addressed the Royal Society of Arts on "The Commercial Future of Airships" recently.
Describing the accommodation which will be provided in the very near future the lecturer, who is the head of the airship section of the R.A.F., said passengers would sit facing each other with a table between them. They could arrange the tables and chairs for bridge as they felt inclined. Sleepers would be provided in the shape of bunks which fold down. "My experience up to date." said Commodore Maitland, "is that one sleeps uncommoaly soundly in an airship. The whole of the passenger car will be heated by steam generated from the engine. It will not be necessary to restrict smoking any more than in a railway carriage.
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