Show NEW MONSTERS i FOR BATTLE INSKY IN INSKY INSKY SKY PICTURED BY AIR CHiEf u IT S Plans Call for COll- COll Construction of Two Cloud Cruis Cruisers rs TO 10 CARRY MEN ME IEK Bullet Holes Will K Not ot Down D Dirigibles i r i i b l le e s Says WASHINGTON Feb 25 25 By The Associated A Press Navy Press plane for tor great creat dread oth of the air bristling with gun runs guns to toward toward t ward off ott airplane attacks under under- underlie lie lle action of ot the house hous naval corn com committee In providing for tor construction tion of ot two cuble cubic toot rigid airships In the naval expansion program recently reported to the house A glimpse of ot new monsters that have been designed destined given riven the th committee by Rear Admiral Wll llam A MOffett navy air chief shows seven of ot the new 60 50 calibre machine guns CUDS eighteen call br call 30 bre and one of ot th the war post-war one one- automatics together with rounds of ot ammunition for tor these weapons as a part put of ot the th re regular ular military load of ot each ship The guns tuna are aro so BO situated that any enemy aircraft cannot approach ape ap- approach from any direction or an- an gle gb without permitting a concen- concen concentration concentration of tire fire Admiral said CANT CAN'T BE Dr FIRED Instead of or armor the air dread dread- dread will rely on the non ln non non-In- flammability of or helium hellum gas for tor protection from hostile airplanes Already th the naval air chief said Bald of helium hac ha hai com corn compelled revision 0 ol ot aviation a tactics for use us u a against helium hellum Inflated ships owing 0 Ing to the fact that ma- ma machine maChine ma machine chine gun iun fire re- re or small shells cannot set the gas cas afire and thus send a great ship down don In flames To Illustrate the th endurance ot of the big ble airships the against Run gun tire fire from a attacking planes Admiral said It would tAke hours of or gas cas leakage fron bullet holes boles In the cells of ot the ship to bring brine It down The new crew could stop th the small leaks before there was an ap- ap ap appreciable loss he h added It has been calculated said I the air chief that the th ship can canI I be pierced with OO holes boles 20 0 of Inch one Inch diameter in each of ot the theten theten ten gas cells and lose but 25 5 percent per percent percent cent of or the gas volume volum In five hours houra But during that five hours bours such a ship could continue to car car- carry car carry 1 ry 1 out her mission 70 0 MEN Plans Plane for tor a cubIc euble foot foot- footer foot cr er Cr drawn by an American com com- commercial commer coni- coni mercial mer lal concern the navy officer said Bald had been calculated to show the value of or such a ship as a an aerial troop transport She would have a capacity of or men with their Individual fighting equip equip- equipment equipment equipment ment he explained and could take that tore force toree mlles miles at a speed of 85 15 miles an hour and still retain a 50 per cent fuel tuel rese reserve In this air vessel the admiral continued Inflated with 99 per percent percent percent cent helium and 10 per pr cent com coin combustible combustible Kit gas ga SOO men each with 60 50 pounds of or equipment can be carrIed from San Francisco to HawaII in 30 20 hours hour with a hour 20 20 hour reserve of tie fiel fl el I Forty of or this capacity I could move a division dl this distance |