[1] The airship had a 60,000 cubic feet (1,700 m3) envelope made by the Reginald Foster Dagnall Company of Guildford.
[1] The airship, registered G-FAAX,[2] was erected at the old Cramlington Airship Station near Newcastle where it was test flown on 6 November 1929.
[1] It was powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) ABC Hornet four-cylinder piston engine mounted on a three-seater underslung car.
[1] The AD1 was used for advertising and had a 76 by 24 ft (23.2 by 7.3 m) panel on each side for messages.
[1] It was dismantled after an accident in June 1931[3] when a storm tore it from its moorings and damaged the envelope.