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Show I : : ; Here's Some Data . Concerning Huge I British Blimp R-34 i yISTANCE. East Fortune to Min-3J Min-3J eola, 2965 nautical miles. j Averar,o speed iO miles an hour. ! I'.Ia'iiiu.n 70 miles an hour, Probable duration of fliglit 70 ; hours. i Probable time of arrival at Min- cola S p. m. Friday. Length of dirigible li-iS feet. Diameter of gas bag 78.9 feet. Cas capacity 2,000,000 cubic feet. Engine Five Sunbeam motors, i each 200 horsepower. C'asoline carried S000 gallons. ! . Total weight 30 tons, j Air displacement 30 tons. ' Wireless radius 1500 miles. Ivlen on board 23. j Five enclosed gondolas are sus-i sus-i ponded from tho gas bag. These are ! connected to a 600-foot platform. ! On top of the bag is a gun platform i reached by a laddsr. |