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AT dawn on Saturday, Oct. 12, ‘R 101’ was taken from her shed at Cardington and brought, without difficulty or delay, to her anchorage at the mooring mast. The week-end was devoted to tests of her engines and ballasting equipment; but on Monday, Oct. 14, with fifty-two people on board, she left the mast and cruised for about 5frac;12 hours over the home counties and London. Such tests and measurements as could be made during the flight indicated that the airship fulfils in every way her designers' expectations; with three engines running at cruising power, an average air speed of about 58 miles an hour was maintained.
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SOUTHWELL, R. ‘R 101.’. Nature 124, 915–918 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124915a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/124915a0