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Today in our going back series, we are focusing on the airship In 1902 when Stanley Spencer became the 1^st Englishman to fly in a powered airship over England. The 75-foot-long dirigible was powered by a 3-hp water-cooled engine and made a flight of 30 miles.

On this day, just after 4pm, Stanley Spencer took off from the grounds of Crystal Palace in London in his airship. The airship took on the appearance  of an airship and a aircraft and what made it look different was the 75 feet length with wings, a 30 hp gasoline engine and a rotating propeller that was mad e of wood. Its primary source of power was its gas filled blimp and for for forward directional control it used it rotating propeller. The flight lasted 3 hours, travelling 30 miles.