China Builds 1st Blimp
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Associated Press
PEKING — China’s first blimp, the 99-foot-long “Bee Six,” will make its debut today in Peking’s Purple Bamboo Park, the official New China News Agency said Wednesday. The blimp was built by the ultra-light airplane research section of the Peking Aeronautical Engineering Institute and has a carrying capacity of 660 pounds.
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