Airship Development AD1
| AD1 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Non-rigid airship |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Airship Development Company |
| First flight | 6 November 1929 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Airship Development AD1 was a British non-rigid gas-filled advertising airship.[1] The airship had a 60,000 cubic feet (1,700 m3) envelope made by the Reginald Foster Dagnall Company of Guildford.[1] The airship, registered G-FAAX,[2] was erected at the old Cramlington Airship Station near Newcastle where it was test flown on 6 November 1929.[1] It was powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) ABC Hornet four-cylinder piston engine mounted on a three-seater underslung car.[1]
The AD1 was used for advertising and had a 76 by 24 ft (23.2 by 7.3 m) panel on each side for messages.[1] It was dismantled after an accident in June 1931[3] when a storm tore it from its moorings and damaged the envelope.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e John A Bagley (October 1966). "The Balloon and Airship Register". Air-Britain Digest. 18 (10). Air-Britain: 260–261.
- ^ "Aircraft Register G-FAAX". United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ^ Austen 1999, p. 612
- ^ "Ill-fated history of Britain's first private airship - BBC News". BBC. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
Bibliography[edit]
- Michael Austen, ed. (1999). The British Civil Aircraft Register 1919-1999. Tonbridge, Kent, England: Air-Britain. ISBN 0 85130 281 5.
- "Enterprise in Modern Advertising", Flight: 847, 1 August 1930
- "The AD.l. Non-Rigid Airship", Flight: 1182, 8 November 1929
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