Word: lanz
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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Present plans are to build in this country a rigid dirigible of the Schütte Lanz type. Helium will be used as the elevating gas, because it is non-inflammable. The ship will carry 50 passengers, and is scheduled to leave New York at six in the morning and arrive in Chicago early next morning, the passengers sleeping en route. The Government is to give full co-operation because of the military advantage of developing commercial aviation in this country...