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1928
1928 - 0301.PDF
APRIL 19, 1928 THE ITALIAN SEMI-RIGID AIRSHIP N.4 : This is the airship " Italia " designed by Sig. Umberto Nobile,which left Milan on April 14 for Oslo and Spitzbergen, in connection with the Polar expedition. It is 347 ft. 9 in. long, has a maximum diameter of 80 ft., and a volume of 653,420 cub. ft. retarded progress, and whilst over Glatz, in Silesia, in the evening communication was made with a wireless station near Berlin asking if an emergency landing was advisable or if the weather would allow a return to Italy. After fighting through storms for thirty hours, in which it suffered damage to its steering gear, the landing was made. It will take many days to repair the ship. Spanish Air Developments THE Ministry of Labour in Spain opened tenders for the monopoly of the air lines in Spain recently. Only Spanish firms were eligible. Two tenders were entered, one by the Union Aerea Espanola, which now operates the lines between Madrid and Lisbon and Madrid and Seville, offering to construct its three-engine and single-engine Junkers machines at Santander under patent from the Junkers Company. It also offered to establish a service between Madrid and Lisbon, Seville, Barcelona, and San Sebastian. In return, it required an annual subsidy of about ^51,700 and a postal subsidy of about Ad. per kilogram of mail carried every 62 miles. The other tender was submitted by the Compania Aero Hispania, offering to operate as many services as the subsidy would allow.French Bombing 'Plane Mishap WHEN taking off near Casablanca recently a FrenchBreguet bombing 'plane met with an unusual mishap. One of the bombs fell from the rack and exploded, detonating asecond bomb. Although the machine was damaged by fragments, and the pilot and observer severely wounded, a safelanding was effected. Germany's 40,000 Daily Miles THE Luft Hansa Air Combine will start their summertime-table on April 23. Berlin is now linked by air with nearly every capital in Europe. In the summer, Luft-Hansamachines will cover 40,000 miles each day and connect every German town of any importance. Seaside and week-endvisitors will also be catered for. m Recalling Old Times : At the Staaken (Berlin) Easter Meeting, H e r r Antonius R aa b f1ew a Bleriot Cross- Channel type of monoplane. 273
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