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Show LARGEST DIRIGIBLE ENDS LONG FLIGHT From the naval air station at Far Rockawav, N. Y., to Key West, Fla., was the flight macto by the "CI." America's largest diriK'le. a distance of about 1 :i 8 5 llilles, In twenty-nine and a half houry, snvs the April Popular Mechanics M:iE azine. Captain S. V. Parker nd his crew of six men experienced few diifl-cultles diifl-cultles with the craft and maintained an average speed of fortv-seven miles an hour Thev left Par Kockaway Sunday mornlnK. January 12, and arrived at Key Vet "Wednesday. January 15. at ?:.r.S p m . stopnluK at Hampton Roads, Va Georgetown, S. C. and Brunswick. Oa. The "onlv repairs made en route were a broken le;id pipe fixed in midair hy rrawllnB out on the outriKKinc, and a faulty steering pear, for which a landing was made. |