In view of the success of the Graf Zeppelin, we are all very interested in our own airship the R.101 one of the two giants with which England is, making a bid for world supremacy in this type of craft. She is now quite ready for testing and, weather permitting, will make her first trial Aight on Monday. These trials are expected to take between three and six months, after which R.101 will attempt to fly to Egypt and india. The airship will be capable of a speed of about 70 m.pch. and will carry 52 passengers. The more important items in the flying trials Will be speed tests, control and stability tests, measurement of maximum strains and successes, gas valve tests, and tests of the: pressure control system, the latter being designed to regulate automatically the pressure on the outer during to provide for the ventilation of the interior of the hull.
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