. Italy in North Africa : an account of the Tripoli enterprise . * hrh. THE HANGAR FOR THE AIRSHIPS THE ITALIAN ARMY AT WORK 261 the military airships came late upon the scene. It was notuntil March 4 that the two airships P2 and P3 ascendedtogether and made a flight which lasted over two they made many successful flights, includinga two-hundred mile run from Tripoli to the Tunis frontierand back. This flight was specially noteworthy from thefact that the airships took to the water off Bu Kamesh,in a heavy wind and a rough sea, in order to lay in a freshstock of benzine befo
. Italy in North Africa : an account of the Tripoli enterprise . * hrh. THE HANGAR FOR THE AIRSHIPS THE ITALIAN ARMY AT WORK 261 the military airships came late upon the scene. It was notuntil March 4 that the two airships P2 and P3 ascendedtogether and made a flight which lasted over two they made many successful flights, includinga two-hundred mile run from Tripoli to the Tunis frontierand back. This flight was specially noteworthy from thefact that the airships took to the water off Bu Kamesh,in a heavy wind and a rough sea, in order to lay in a freshstock of benzine before continuing their voyage. It should be said that the Italian airships already in useare considered merely as experimental types, though theyhave done remarkably good work. The P type at presentin use, with a gas capacity of 4500 cubic metres and aspeed of a little over 50 kilometres an hour, is consideredtoo small and too slow for military requirements. Thenew Ml, with a capacity of 12,000 cubic metres and motorsof 400 , has a speed of over 70 kilometres an hou
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