HUGE SEAPLANE
BEING CONSTRUCTED IN AMERIC3 FOR TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT.
New York, April 19.
The United States Navy is constructing a huge seaplane with which to attempt a irans-Pacific flight late in the summer or early in the spring. The machine is a triplane, with a wing spread of 167
feet, and nine 400 horse-power motors, with a lifting capacity of 30,000 pounds.
It will require a crew of twelve. The tentative route of the flight is San Diego, Honolulu, Wake Island, Guam, and Manila.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 176, 21 April 1921, Page 5
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86HUGE SEAPLANE Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 176, 21 April 1921, Page 5
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