London, Aug. 17.
The accomplishment of the British airship R-100 in its flight across the} Atlantic from Montreal to Carding. tom, a-distance of 3,000 miles, in hours, works out at an aver speed of 58 miles per hour. ]was attained despite adverse weather conditions and a crippled engine.
Wing Commander R. B. B. Colmore states:—"We ran into a rather bad patch on Thursday night. It took Several hours to get out of that] bad patch but, apart from that, we had very smooth passage." ' He! added that the remarkable feature about both the outward and hor ward journeys had been the stability] Jof the ship in fight. Apart from short time when they were bumped Jabout rather badly, the airship did] not pitch or roll and there was no] vibration whatever. He thought all the passengers during the homeward flight had been very much impressed] jet by that fact.
The ship's log shows that shel with 9,585 gallons of fuel and at the finish had 3,200 gallons. Thus for a voyage of 57 hours} two-thirds of her thei. The inference is that, with all her fuel, her maximum duration would have been about'87 hours., This however, is not her full limit "for she could] have carried a greater quantity of fuel and less water ballast. Fuel can be used as ballast in an emergency, although, in this particular case, the amount of water-ballast carried on the /R-100 afforded a dig margin of safety.—Wireless through Reuter,
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