Airship Development AD1
AD1 |
Role |
Non-rigid airship |
National origin |
United Kingdom |
Manufacturer |
Airship Development Company |
First flight |
6 November 1929 |
Number built |
1 |
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The Airship Development AD1 was a British non-rigid gas-filled advertising airship.[1] The airship had a 60,000 cubic feet envelope made by the Reginald Foster Dagnall Company of Guildford.[1] The airship, registered G-FAAX,[2] was erected at Cramlington airfield near Newcastle where it was test flown on 6 November 1929.[1] It was powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) ABC Hornet four-cylinder piston engine mounted on a three-seater underslung car.[1]
The AD1 was used for advertising and had a 76 by 24 ft (23.2 by 7.3 m) panel on each side for messages.[1] It was dismantled after an accident in June 1931.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 John A Bagley (October 1966). "The Balloon and Airship Register". Air-Britain Digest (Air-Britain) 18 (10): 260–261.
- ↑ "Aircraft Register G-FAAX". United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ↑ Austen 1999, p. 612
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