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comfortable room for the officers and another for the commanding officer is built inside her envelope. No provision is made to cook food aboard.

This ship was built primarily to carry a load of bombs for a short distance at a great altitude. The tail surfaces are all internally braced but have a few wires on the outside as well for additional strength. She is motored with six Maybach motors of 245 h.p. placed one in a rear nacelle underneath and in the  middle, two pairs of two each along the sides and one immediately in the rear of the navigating cabin which is in the middle of the ship in front. The front and rear motors turn 890 and the others 1600. 

The French reported that the ship was all ready to be used with the exception of the balloonets. These the French do not have. As it will require 200,000 cows to get the gold beater skins to make them, the L 72 will likely be out of commission for some time. 

The acquisition of the L 72 has been a good thing for the French for they have learned much from it that will be of great value in their lighter-than-air development. 


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