[2] The envelope was made of panels of waterproof canvas with two valves at the bottom to allow the hydrogen to be released, either automatically or by hand.

[2] Also inside the car were two Panhard four-cylinder water-cooled piston engines rated at 135 hp, driving a pair of two-bladed pusher propellers through clutches and a gearbox.

[4] By two o'clock it had reached Brighton on the English southern coast, it then travelled north over Horsham towards Aldershot.

[2] It soon approached North Camp at Farnborough for an attempted landing on the common close to the Army Balloon Works.

[2] Due to the strong winds it took a number of approaches to the common before troops managed to grab the ropes and secure the airship.

[2] With all but ten feet inside the shed, a large hiss was heard as the envelope had caught on a girder.