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Show Asks for Dirigible Bids Washingon Although congress has not appropriated funds for the two dirigibles dir-igibles authorized at the last session, the navy department asked for bids on construction of one or both ships. The dirigibles which would be of approximately approxi-mately 6,000,000 cubic feet of gas capacity, ca-pacity, were not provided for in the budget estimates for the department this year, but $50,000 for beginning one ship was written into the bill in the house. It still must be acted on by the senate. Bidders must draw their own designs in acordance with specifications speci-fications requiring a ship capable ol 70 knots and hour at 3000 feet elevation eleva-tion and endurance of not less than 130 hours at cruising speed of 50 knots. The designs would allow for use of either helium or hydrogen of a comhiuation of both. |