ship was ripped. In this operation the framework was
considerably damaged. When repairs were being carried out the
elevators were removed from the car framework and attached to the
stabilizing fins in accordance with the method in use to-day.


CLEMENT-BAYARD

In 1910 it was arranged by a committee of Members of Parliament
that the Clement-Bayard firm should send over to England a large
airship on approval, with a view to its ultimate purchase by the
War Office, and a shed was erected at Wormwood Scrubs for its
accommodation. This ship arrived safely in October, but was very
slow and difficult to control. The envelope, moreover, was of
exceedingly poor quality and consumed so much gas that it was
decided to deflate it. She was taken to pieces and never rebuilt.


LEBAUDY

About the same time, interest having been aroused in this country
by the success of airships on the Continent, the readers of the
Morning Post subscribed a large sum to purchase an airship for
presentation to the Government. This was a large ship of 350,000
cubic feet capacity and was of semi-rigid design, a long
framework being suspended from the envelope which supported the
weight of the car. It had two engines of 150 horse-power which
developed a speed of about 32 miles per hour. The War Office
built a shed at Farnborough to house it, and in accordance with
dimensions given by the firm a clearance of 10 feet was allowed