Race Between Germany and England to Establish First London, Jan, 10.
There is a keen race on between Great Britain and Germany to be the first to operate a trans-Atlantic passenger airship service.
Commander Charles Burney, stated to-day that the Zeppelin Company was now working day and night at Friedrichshafen to complete the trans-Atlantic airship LZ-427 by October. The British airship R-100, now being built Bowden, Yorkshire, would be ready by the end of April, but flying trials would be delayed pending completion of a big new airship at Cardington, near Bedford, probably in July, when the Air Ministry would carry out official trials, after which he (Commander Burney) would fly the airship as a private enterprise to carry passengers on a demonstration trans-Atlantic fight. this were successful, it was intended to form an Atlantic airship com Eitvice between England and North to operate an alternate day
Americn, to carry mails and passengers, Tt wax estimated, Commander Burney added, that the time taken would be 48 hours-from' England to America and 38 hours from America to England. The airships would carry 168 passengers. The cruising speed would be 95. miles an hour.
The new airships would be able to travel non-stop ¢rom London to Bombay in 52 hours, and reach Australia within days from England.—Reuter.
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