Zeppelin observation car by G. H. Davis, WW1
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Zeppelin observation car by G. H. Davis, WW1
Cut-away illustration of an observation car which had been attached to a Zeppelin but cast off and picked up over East Anglia allowing the British, and artist, G. H. Davis work out what the interior looked like. The car, which was lightly constructed, was 14 feet long and weighed about 122lb. It was provided with a trap door in the top, through which the observer entered and then had to lie prone on a mattress at the bottom of the car with a telephone strapped to his head, and with clock, compass, light and other instruments conveniently near. The whole was then lowered from the Zeppelin and as the car had streamline form with large fins at the rear end it kept fairly steady and head-on to its course. Date: 1916
Media ID 14167992
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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