- Source: Airship Development AD1
The Airship Development AD1 was a British non-rigid gas-filled advertising airship. The airship had a 60,000 cubic feet (1,700 m3) envelope made by the Reginald Foster Dagnall Company of Guildford. The airship, registered G-FAAX, was erected at the old Cramlington Airship Station near Newcastle where it was test flown on 6 November 1929. It was powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) ABC Hornet four-cylinder piston engine mounted on a three-seater underslung car.
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. It was dismantled after an accident in June 1931 when a storm tore it from its moorings and damaged the envelope.
References
Bibliography
Michael Austen, ed. (1999). The British Civil Aircraft Register 1919-1999. Tonbridge, Kent, England: Air-Britain. ISBN 0 85130 281 5.
"Enterprise in Modern Advertising", Flight: 847, 1 August 1930
"The AD.l. Non-Rigid Airship", Flight: 1182, 8 November 1929
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