The airship which has been built by MM. Lebaudy for
the proprietors of the Morning Post travelled on Wednesday from Moisson, near Paris, to Aldershot with eight passengers. The journey of two hundred miles occupied nearly five and a half hours, and was made without any mishap at an average speed Of about thirty-six miles an hour. Unfortunately, while the airship was being housed after its arrival, it struck against a girder in the roof of the shed, which appears to have been too small for its purpose. The result was that the envelope was ripped up and collapsed immediately afterwards. According to the latest reports, however, the repairs will be completad in a week or two. The Morning Post is to be congratulated on its public spirit in raising a fund for the purchase og the airship and its presentation to the British Army.
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