Airship transport services
- PART OF:
- Publicity booklets
- Made:
- 1918-11-01-1918-11-30
- part of archive:
- Papers of Sir Barnes Neville Wallis
- maker:
- Vickers Ltd
43 pages investigating the possibilities of airship transport services, addressing proposed services and routes; a proposed London to New York serice; the estimated cost of running an Atlantic service; financial working arrangements; a general specification of the proposed airship; the aerodrome, sheds and equipment required; weather; navigation; a comparison of airships and aeroplanes and pre-war German airship passenger services. Also contains five coloured plate drawings showing the proposed transatlantic airship; the passenger accommodation on board; the proposed aerodrome with mooring tower to be used; a detailed depiction of the mooring gear masthead and a map showing proposed routes and prevailing winds. Housed in the original file
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- Extent:
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1 file
- Identifier:
- BNW/B/7/15
- Access:
- Open Access
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