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Old August 19th 16, 08:32 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Default World's Largest Aircraft Takes Off for the First Time, Still Looks Like a Butt - Airlander 10.jpg ...

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http://gizmodo.com/worlds-largest-ai...e-s-1785420329

t finally took off from Cardington airfield near London.

The 302-foot aircraft combines elements of “fixed wing aircraft and
helicopters with lighter-than-air technology,”...


Imagine the oohs and ahhs when the 731-ft R101 flew from Cardington
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