German Giant Triplane

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 August 1916, Page 3

German Giant Triplane

TO FLY TO AMERTC

German enterprise, having the world by sending to the I nitc<. States a. merchant submarine boat. «• bv a reliable authority to bo preparing further to seek -admiration Vv lin kin 2 the two countries through n Transatlantic air service. Til iNew J York it is definitely known that Ger- j man aeronautic genius lias perfected a | lnmo triple screw tripbne. which is o! ; sufficient power and endurance to c-ros> , tl„. Atlantic. This aircraft hae proved > its possibilities, 'and it is declared that ; tlie exact date of the flying blockade runner's arrival depends only on pro- t pitious atmospheric conditions. I The giant air vehicle will carry 400 , tons of mail, a crew of IS or 20 men, j ; and petrol sufficient for a 7000-roile ;

journey. According to information from Germany the machine will be sent on its way Iroin the Heligoland base, and it is jjjyjjjptod that the running time 1.0 America will be about 30 hours. Official announcement 01 tho promised spectacular aerial achie meiit. it is stated, has been delayed 10 the hope that the German merchant .submarine Bremen would bring more complete details and some photographs. 'Ilio following specifications of the gigantic machine are given : — -Weight of triplane. fully equipped, 35,00011) ; length in hull, 75ft -. beam 22ft *. speed 120 miles an hour: capacity of fuel tanks 7000 gallons of petrol: mam cabin in hull accommodation 18 persons. The aerial project is said to be fathered by Albert- Ballin. president of the Hamburg-American line. Tn a way it is an answer of the line to the enterprise of tho Xorth German Llovd line in sending the lirst submarine merchantman. Tho ehioF difficulty encountered will he running the gauntlet of the giant aircraft of Britain, for, according to Paul Rader. an American aviator, who served as lieutenant 111 the -Royal Aero Corps of England, and recently paid a brief visit to his home in San Francisco, Britain has just produced a nvaivelloiis triplane which carTies powerful guns and has attained a speed of over 120 miles 'ail hour. The British triplane is expected to prove more than 'a match for the (lOiman commercial new aircraft.