The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-06-07
.NAVY'S NEW PET.
A DIRIGIBLE. TO
HAVE SILK COAT.
MATERIAL sEINe ASSEMBLED
FoR FIRST pIRlelsLE WHICH
WILL BE SENT TO PENSACOLA
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sass the New York Herald;
a score Of factories are a. work
on materials for the construction u
this aircraft. the HFst u the lighter
than air or gas supported type 90 he
acquired hy the United states navy.
Lack 81 any aeronautic auxiliary
caused much unfaFnfahle comment on
the navy department and congress
when the fleet ives ln port few days
ago aeroplanes acquired a few years
ago by the navy suffered severely ln
the Vera cruz expedition last year
and recently the last Of them available
Tor practice Hyiug was wrecked. Sup
porters % aerousutics hope that the
nayys recent orders for the dirlg be
and three hgdro-aeroplanes means the
beFinninR ~ an effort % acquire an
adequate aerial force. like those 81
European ravies. which have proven
90 efficient Go the North Sea war z0ne
and CO. the Dardaneiles.
America o. 8ependIue on her own
industries to produce the first navy
dirtmble though there has been almost
no production - this tyre ~ craft ln
fhe United states since 1895, when
CAPTAIN Thomas t. Baldwin built one
fgr the ARMY The Same veteran aero
naut hah been selected for the work %
building the navy aircraft. ais chief
constructor for the GuHnEticnt AIT
craft Company - New H8Een, ~
whieh Eyerard Thompson. well-knoWn
In Yale aNalcues. Is the head. Colonel
Isaac Tlman. chairman 81 the New
Haven Chamber OF Commerce, and
samuel G. Mareaeuse. a wen known
New Haven railway attorney are
among the company directors The
corporation bid for constructing one or
two dlfiglhies against several compet-
iturs and obtained the contract Tor one
aIrshp &c ts5sss.
Exceeds Baby" Class in Size.
In size the alrshlp Is % be about
\ hfty per cent larger than the British
uavv'H baby" class which has been
reported as doing good work on The
\ Channel patrol Raardn@ against the
N approach af hostile uaF ships and sub
Y marines. The length II ita torpedo
shared nne Rag NliI lie It's feet and
diameter a5 feet. III VIII require lle,-
GOO cuaiet feet ~ Fas o. support thc
alrship with fuel fer two hours aud
7 eight men iu the car
There is 60 DE no effort 60 repro
/ navy craft VII BE principally q rubber
+ ICED elk bag made seui-rigid by mod
/ ern aeronauUC appliance Among these
ere a long steel framed ear suspended
from the bag. which IS bracsd and
/ stiWened bv connecting guy lines 40
Z either end Iu addition there are ball
Z larutts inside the gas bag, which are
4 Inflated w}th air whenever the Eas
\ shrInks from condemnation ur leakaEe
\ keeuirr the large bag always fhiea-
I Automatic centrifugal blowers in the
. car surplrl tha air.
several thousand yards ot pure
Y white aNE are being woven ln BrogE-
Ilyn factory FOR thn eaa bag and hal-
T. Ianets A glance an ERE material sns-
gssta a Christening If large dimensions
/ A Fu 81 the cloth aE completed, how
v ever. shows striking change. one
Z eide az the white SILK disappears be-
meath a coat as pale Erape-pink rubber
7 THls side viii ZEE the interior ~ the
hag on the other side the envelope is
% receive coat ~ bright orange
varuish repelIuE moisture. The ware
nIsh Co uot siIstan5nE. SO that 81 wil
NOT attract attention hy rejecting the
T. light.