Conquest of the Air.

A crossing of the Atlantic, and not a drop spilled from a tumbler of water placed on the airship's table—such is the proud performance of R100, which has just crossed the stormy ocean both ways. Neither speed nor weight-lifting is yet all that is aimed at, but a world that has seen the motor car develop from the limping vehicle of the ‘nineties, and which has seen the aeroplane and wireless grow in the same time from nothing to something, will not pass a too hasty verdict on the airship as a commercial proposition. The Canadian voyage of R100 will be followed by an Indian voyage by R101. When R100 and the steamer Tahiti started out, anyone at all could have guessed which was the more insurable proposition—and yet, you can never tell. The Tahiti save was largely a radio triumph. One of the great facts about modern inventions is that they interlock, as is evidenced by Kingsford Smith's tribute to the navigational aid of the radio beacon.