GIANT FLYING BOAT
GERMANY'S 34-TONN-ER. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). LONDON, July 14'. The great twelve-engined Dormer Dux flying boat (box-shaped and built to carry 120 people), has passed her first actual tests at Friodrichshaven. She rose from the water three times, while the populace went wild with delight. Her twelve engines roared terrifically, bringing the people out from their homes. For two hours the machine dashed across the water, turning and twisting sharply. Then the inventor, Herr Dornier, megaphoned from a motor boat to take the air. The twelve engines were opened up, and the great boat literally leapt into the air. She rose easily to a height of thirty feet. Hoi engines were almost immediately throttled down, and the machine dropped gracefully back to the water. This manoeuvre was carried out three times. , It was found that the air boat s thirty-four tons weight was easily lifted while running on the water. Her ..speed was less than sixty miles ft*'. Ti,dur,..after.,.the lake off.' Her rim wits .less than. five, hundred y a . r< 4 s - ~
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 July 1929, Page 6
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177GIANT FLYING BOAT Hokitika Guardian, 15 July 1929, Page 6
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