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...Army Air Service had their troubles with a huge gas bag, in this case the TC-3, a nonrigid twin-motored airship of only 200,000 cu. ft., scarcely one-tenth the volume of the R-33. Sailing from Scott Field, III., the TC3 broke her rudder at Caseyville, Ill., soon after going aloft. For two hours, she drifted at the will of the wind, then negotiated a landing at Black Walnut, Mo., little the worse for wear...
...husband to Iceland and, en route, a boiler blew up and later the vessel burned at her pier. In 1921, she went with Mr. Riddle to Argentina. Six months later, she was obliged to return to New York on architectural matters and, during the voyage, the vessel's rudder jammed and the ship "nearly turned turtle." Her successive experiences impaired her health and her doctor forbids her to join her husband in Argentina. So he is coming home...
...fact since the League assumed the overlordship of Austrian finances last year, public animosity to reconstruction has heightened week by week, largely because economy in the public services deprived some 80,000 people of their jobs. The enemies of Chancellor Seipel, who has held on to the State rudder through nearly three years of storm and stress, were not slow to take advantage of the situation...
...show four miles of rudder...
...destruction of the Army Dirigible TCI, a 200,000 cubic foot airship, known as the " Pullman of the Sky" because of its wonderful construction and comfortably enclosed cabin. After a 14-hour night trip in terrible weather from Scott Field, Ill., to Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, during which the rudder was out of commission for two hours, the dirigible was moored in apparent safety−only to be set on fire by a flash of lightning! Sergeant Harry Barnes of the Air Service and A. C. Maranville of the Goodyear Rubber Company, builders of the airship, jumped to safety from...