Description of test flights of metal-clad dirigible ZMC-2 built by Detroit Aircraft Corp. for United States Navy; process of filling hull with helium; little pitching proclivities for airship of size and shape, in spite of stubbiness; details of design are also given. (See also - no. 7, Aug. 17, 1929, pp. 343-344; Aeroplane, vol. 37, no. 12, Sept. 18, 1929, pp. 764c-764d, 3 figs.; Airway Age, vol. 10, no. 11, Nov. 1929, pp. 1814-1816 and 1818, 4 figs.)


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    Title :

    First flights of the metal-clad airship


    Additional title:

    Aviation


    Published in:

    Aviation ; 27 , n 9


    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    5 pages


    Remarks:

    1 Fig.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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