London, October 29.
Upon the resumption of the inquiry to-day Sir John Sinian quoted Minute from Sir John Higgins to Lord Thomson on June 80 stating that the alterations to the R-10L should be completed by September 22 and that one trial flight would de necessary before leaving for "India s0 that the end of September would be the earliest date upon which the flight could commence: "This leaves no margin for trialities;" added the Blinute, "and assumes the trial flight will be completely successful."
Sir William Jowitt quoted from a Minute dated August 27 laying down that the Rel0t must carry out satisfactory flight of not less than hours before going to India, Is was stated that Wing-Commander Colmore, the former Diree~ for of Airship Development, sug-getted that the hight should be curtailed provided that Major Scott was satisfied with the performance of the airship. Tt was also mention= ed that Squadron Leader Booth, the Commander: of the R-100, had expressed the opinion that the trial Sir William Jowitt stated that the height of the airship just before she crashed could not have been less than 1,100 feet. He read a statement made by one of the survivors, the rigger, Church, who has since died. In this, Church said that the moment before the crash came he received an order to release half-a-ton of the emergency water-ballast, Lut the crash came before he could do 30, The Attorney-General added that. examination under the microscope of the cable controlling the elevator. showed that it broke after the fire, and the experts who had examined the airship reported that no part. of the main structure broke while it was in the air,
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