Archive image from page 491 of Discovery Discovery discovery0102londuoft Year: 94 DISCOVHHY It may be considered, therefore, that wireless in the mercantile marine, if it made no great technical advances in the war, is now progressing so rapidly that it will soon be as up-to-date in every respect as its supreme importance demands. For point-to-point communication there may be, and indeed there is, much discussion as to the relative merits of wireless and line working, but for ship and aircraft there can be no discussion: it is just wireless or nothing. The Mooring and Handling of Airships o
Archive image from page 491 of Discovery Discovery discovery0102londuoft Year: 94 DISCOVHHY It may be considered, therefore, that wireless in the mercantile marine, if it made no great technical advances in the war, is now progressing so rapidly that it will soon be as up-to-date in every respect as its supreme importance demands. For point-to-point communication there may be, and indeed there is, much discussion as to the relative merits of wireless and line working, but for ship and aircraft there can be no discussion: it is just wireless or nothing. The Mooring and Handling of Airships on the Ground By Major George Whale (Late ) The accident to the rigid airship R34, which culmi- nated in her total destruction on the night of January 29, has emphasised the necessity for providing more efficient methods of handling these large vessels on the ground and mooring them in the open. It will be remembered that R34, although damaged in flight by striking a hill to the extent of disabling three out of five engines, arrived to all intents and purposes intact over the landing-ground of her base at Howden. While attempting to take the ship into the shed under man-power, the initial serious damage was sustained by the forward car bumping on the ground. This was caused by the ship becoming unmanageable owing to the force of the wind. She was accordingly taken back to the landing-ground to be moored out by a method known as the three-wire system, which will be described in due course.' The forward part of the hull structure having sustained damage, the air- ship rode badly at her moorings, and threatened to break up. A second abortive attempt was made to enter the shed, which caused still further damage, and the ship afterwards became a complete wreck. It is therefore apparent that man-power is insuffi- cient to house a large airship in a shed under unfavour- able weather conditions, and that the three-wire system of mooring is by no means to be depended on. In this co
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