Upon arrival the parts may be put together
speedily and easily. The authorities submitted the airship to
exacting trials and were so impressed by its characteristics and
the claims of the inventor that undoubtedly it will be brought
into service during the present crisis.
At the same time the whole faith of the German military staff so
far as airship operations are concerned, is pinned to the
Zeppelin. Notwithstanding its many drawbacks it is the vessel
which will be used for the invasion of Great Britain. Even the
harbour question, which is admitted to be somewhat acute, has
been solved to a certain degree. At strategical points permanent
harbours or airship sheds have been established. Seeing that the
airships demand considerable skill in docking and undocking, and
that it is impossible to achieve these operations against the
wind, swinging sheds have been adopted.
On water the practice is to anchor a floating harbour at one end,
leaving the structure to swing round with the wind. But on dry
land such a dock is impossible. Accordingly turntable sheds
have been adopted. The shed is mounted upon a double turn-table,
there being two circular tracks the one near the centre of the
shed and the other towards its extremities.
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