A party of press representatives and Scotland Yard men climbed the 120 ft. mooring mast at Pulham this morning and embarked on the' giant commercial airship, R-36. Altogether there were 60 aboard, including a crew of 21.
In addition to controlling the road traffic fo Ascot, the purpose of the experiment was to illustrate the facilities available for passengers by airship. A summary of the} day's news was wirelessed to the editor of the "Airship Mite" which was published aboard, while the press representatives communicated with their newspapers by wireless and also dropped '"'copy'" by parachute at Croydon.
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