Airship Development AD1

The Airship Development AD1 was a British non-rigid gas-filled advertising airship.^[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]

AD1
Role	Non-rigid airship
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Airship Development Company
First flight	6 November 1929
Number built	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.^[4]