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senger car is well forward of the engines, so that noise 

 and wind need not inconvenience the traveller. 



The air-screws are of wood with aluminium beading 

 at the tips and along the leading edges. They are pro- 

 vided with reversing gear, and in addition with discon- 

 necting and fixing gear. 



The control car is built in with the hull and contains 



aU over the ship. Cabins for the crew and oilficers 

 are provided in the walking-way near the control car 

 and in the stern. 



The passenger accommodation is exceedingly good. 

 The cabins and saloon are continuations of the control 

 car, the space for passengers being 33 metres (108 ft.) 

 long, and 5 metres (16 ft.) wide. Five cabins are 



I'lG. I.— A GENERAL VIEW OF THE TYPE OF AIRSHIP TO BE EMPLOYED. 



the principal controls, gas and ballast distributing 

 boards, telephones, and navigating and other instru- 

 ments, aU essential instaOations being duplicated. 

 The rudder -controls are in the front part of the car, 

 and the elevator-controls on the port side. In addition 

 there is an emergency-control station in the walking- 

 way near the aft engine car. 



Orders are transmitted to the engine cars and crew's 



provided, each for eight people, and at night each cabin 

 can be converted into two sleeping-rooms, with four 

 berths in each. Beyond these is a dining saloon, 

 kitchens, bar, lavatories, etc. Space for baggage, 

 goods, and maUs is provided in the walking-way. 

 Passengers will have aU the comforts of an Atlantic 

 liner without the disadvantage of sea-sickness. 

 It must not be thought that these airships constitute 



Fig. 2.— SECTI0X.\L diagrams of THE .\IRSHIP. 



cabin by means of the engine telegraph, placed on the 

 starboard side of the control car. 



Aft of this car is a sound-proof wireless cabin and 

 the commander's cabin. The range of the wireless is 

 2,000 km. (1,250 miles). Power is obtained from a 

 d;ynamo driven by the wind created by the movement 

 of the ship, which dynamo also provides electric light 



the final type, as they are simply a link between exist- 

 ing types and the transatlantic airships of the future, 

 which will be of about 180,000 cub. metres in capacity 

 (6,000,000 cub. ft.), and will have a speed of 144 k.p.h. 

 (90 m.p.h.) and accommodation for sixty passengers. 

 In order to give a basis of comparison with previous 

 ships I give some figures for the L71, the biggest 



