Airship Development AD1 explained
The
Airship Development AD1 was a British non-rigid gas-filled advertising airship. The airship had a 60000cuft envelope made by the
Reginald Foster Dagnall Company of
Guildford. The airship,
registered G-FAAX, was erected at the old Cramlington Airship Station near Newcastle where it was test flown on 6 November 1929. It was powered by a 1000NaN0
ABC Hornet four-cylinder piston engine mounted on a three-seater underslung car.
The AD1 was used for advertising and had a 76by panel on each side for messages. It was dismantled after an accident in June 1931 when a storm tore it from its moorings and damaged the envelope.
Bibliography
- Book: Michael Austen . The British Civil Aircraft Register 1919-1999 . 1999 . Air-Britain. Tonbridge, Kent, England . 0 85130 281 5.
