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programme was proving to be successful, and at this meeting it was agreed to expand the non-rigid programme and also to resume construction of HMA No.9. However, resumption of work was delayed by the necessity to retrieve Pratt and Wallis who had enlisted in the Army when construction was cancelled.
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The initial specification called for an airship with a disposable lift of 5 tons (5080 kg) capable of flying at 45 mph (72 km/h) and maintaining an altitude of 2,000 ft (610 m) for 30 minutes; however, the required load was later reduced to 3.1 tons (3150 kg).
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girders for the transverse frames, and there were many changes to the design, including strengthening the hull so that it could be handled safely by inexperienced crews, and replacing the original drive arrangement of paired propellers mounted on the sides of the hull with swivelling propellers
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was known to be unenthusiastic about airships, and on 12 March 1915 he cancelled the order for the ship. The reasons given for this decision were that it was expected that the war would be finished in 1915, and that the vessel would not be operational by then and thus was a waste of valuable
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were suspended from the keel, the forward one containing the control compartment and two of the engines, the aft containing an emergency control station and the remaining pair of engines. In addition there was a radio cabin and a mess space for the crew within the keel structure, which also
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broke out on 4 August 1914 No.9r was nearly ready for erection, and despite competing demands for materials and manpower for other projects, construction continued during the first months of the war. However, there was a feeling that the project was no longer favoured by the
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135:. It was ordered in 1913 but did not fly until 27 November 1916 when it became the first British rigid airship to do so. It was dismantled in June 1918 after being flown for around 165 hours, mainly for experimental purposes.
312:. Although unable to compete against contemporary Zeppelins, No.9r provided valuable experience of handling a rigid airship and the use of mooring masts, which would evolve into a unique method of mooring airships.
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Battlebags: British Airships of the First World War
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571:. London: Foulis, 1961.
327:General characteristics
119:designed and built by
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46:Experimental airship
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545:Higham 1961, p. 128
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270:Operational history
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38:General information
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2626:VC.7/V-1000
2566:Nene Viking
2556:Merchantman
2483:Early types
370:Performance
358:Powerplant:
302:RNAS Pulham
246:resources.
234:World War I
165:H. B. Pratt
76:H. B. Pratt
65:Vickers Ltd
3187:Categories
3106:Wellington
3061:Vildebeest
2948:Valparaiso
2938:Hart Scout
562:References
139:Background
3101:Wellesley
2490:Hydravion
2449:1150—1154
2439:1109—1112
2434:1100—1106
2429:1000—1004
684:Admiralty
321:Data from
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157:Zeppelins
145:HMA No. 1
127:just off
3151:Trainers
3142:Victoria
3076:Virginia
3051:Vigilant
3026:Vanellus
2856:Fighters
2741:Military
2710:Airships
2691:Viscount
2581:Vagabond
2549:Civilian
919:aircraft
817:R33, R34
812:R31, R32
623:, 1982,
384:See also
362:Wolseley
195:Wolseley
190:gondolas
71:Designer
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3158:Varsity
3132:Valetta
3111:Windsor
3096:Warwick
3091:Vulture
3071:Vincent
3036:Venture
2953:Vampire
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2787:E.F.B.7
2772:E.F.B.4
2767:E.F.B.3
2762:E.F.B.2
2757:E.F.B.1
2701:Vulture
2666:Viastra
2656:Vellore
2571:Swallow
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1709:406—410
927:numbers
913:Vickers
608:, 1976
593:, 1995
469:8 March
390:No. 23r
346:Volume:
334:Length:
306:Norfolk
296:in the
241:, then
133:Cumbria
121:Vickers
95:History
3137:Vernon
2943:Jockey
2933:Gunbus
2913:Bullet
2837:F.B.25
2832:F.B.24
2827:F.B.23
2822:F.B.19
2817:F.B.16
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2807:F.B.12
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2696:Vulcan
2661:Vellox
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340:Width:
294:Howden
223:hangar
199:Mayfly
183:Design
169:Mayfly
161:Mayfly
149:Mayfly
115:was a
112:No. 9r
24:No. 9r
3086:Vixen
3081:Vivid
3041:Vespa
3031:Vanox
2963:Vireo
2958:Venom
2928:E.S.2
2923:E.S.1
2797:F.B.9
2782:F.B.6
2777:F.B.5
2671:Viget
2651:VC.12
2646:VC.11
2641:VC.10
1064:83—85
964:58—60
418:Notes
283:Essex
232:When
3066:Vimy
2732:R100
2636:VC.9
2631:VC.8
2621:VC.6
2616:VC.5
2611:VC.4
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925:Type
915:and
870:R102
865:R101
860:R100
625:ISBN
610:ISBN
595:ISBN
580:ISBN
471:2009
360:4 ×
290:RNAS
278:L 33
260:flax
203:Z IV
110:HMA
78:and
43:Type
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