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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Hardly had the dirigible been made fast to its special new $750,000 mooring mast,* when Commander Burney observed that a vessel twice her size with a minimum cruising speed of 85 m. p. h. would be needed for regular traffic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: R-100--At Last | 8/11/1930 | See Source »

...long-deferred flight from Cardington, England to St. Hubert Airport, Montreal. Largest lighter-than-air craft in the world, fourth to fly the Atlantic, the R-100 made the crossing in 78 hr. 49 min.- She carried 37 officers & crew, seven passengers, including her designer, Commander Charles Dennistoun Burney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: R-100--At Last | 8/11/1930 | See Source »

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