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Show Admiral Moffett in Favor of Airships Washington. Results of the successful suc-cessful experiments conducted by the navy dirigible, Los Angeles, to determine deter-mine the feasibility of airships launching launch-ing and recovering airplanes In midair, mid-air, will be reflected In the nnvy dirigibles new under construction, according ac-cording to Hear Admiral William A. Moffett chief of the naval bureau of aeronautics. "New possibilities of the airship are becoming apparent." he said. "From a military standpoint there Is the possibility pos-sibility of maintaining an airplane guard around an airship. We can Imagine Im-agine airships serving as refueling bases for airplanes, and airplanes delivering de-livering and discharging mail and passengers pas-sengers from the Urger ships. "As an aircraft carrier, the dirigible dirigi-ble cannot be compared with a vessel, ves-sel, however. The number of airplanes that can be carried without handicapping handicap-ping the ship always will be small," he said. A great deal of experimental work with the problem remains to be done, he Indicated. . |