. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. nd, where theyhad been given up as lost. The first dirigible to cross the Atlanticwas the British airship R-34. This rJjj^±! R-34, BRITISH DIRIGIBLE THAT MADE THE FIRST BALLOON FUGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AERONAUTICS 46 AERONAUTICS gigantic craft was 643 feet long, was tinental race, completing the round tripdriven by five engines of 275 horse power of 5,400 miles in 67 hours, 3 minutes each and was capable of a speed of from40 to 60 miles an hour. She left EastFor
. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. nd, where theyhad been given up as lost. The first dirigible to cross the Atlanticwas the British airship R-34. This rJjj^±! R-34, BRITISH DIRIGIBLE THAT MADE THE FIRST BALLOON FUGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AERONAUTICS 46 AERONAUTICS gigantic craft was 643 feet long, was tinental race, completing the round tripdriven by five engines of 275 horse power of 5,400 miles in 67 hours, 3 minutes each and was capable of a speed of from40 to 60 miles an hour. She left EastFortune, Scotland, on July 2,, 1919, andlanded atMineola, , in 108 hours and12 minutes flying time. The distancewas 3,130 miles. Her return to Eng- and 40 seconds. In the spring of 1920, asuccessful flight was made by British avi-ators from Cairo to the Cape in Dec. 10, 1919, Captain Ross Smith,an Australian aviator, landed at PortDarwin, Australia, thus winning the land, July 9-12, was made in 74 hours aeroplane race from London to Australia, / \ FRAME STRUCTURECONTAINS 1^ OA^ FILLEO,BALLONETS \ 5ILK COVER. FORE60ND0Lf\CONTAIN/N6/VfiV/6ftTIO/<fCABIN, ENOINE,kV/R£L£5S. MIDSHIP .ENGINE CARi CARRYING CAPACITY 30T0NSFl V£ Z 7S HOR5£-POW£R ENGINESFOUR GONDOLAS REAR GONOOUTWO MOTORS j/fGEARED TO ^ONE PROPELLER DIAGRAM OF THE BRITISH DIRIGIBLE R-34 ind 56 minutes. The total distancetraveled in the round trip was 6,330miles, and the time was 183 hours and8 minutes. Other notable events in aviation inAmerica were the New York-Torontoair race and the trans-continental racefrom New York to San Francisco andreturn. In the first-named contest, thewinner was Lieut. B. W. Maynard as re-gards actual net flying time. He aver-aged more than two miles a minute forthe total distance of 1,042 same aviator won the trans-con- via India, which had been begun on The altitude record was made byMajor R. Schroeder of America, whorose to a height of 33,113 feet on Feb
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