MONSTERS OF THE AIR
By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. Received 11.40 a.in. BERLIN, Friday. TWO representatives of the Rumpler Aircraft Works have gone to America with a view to forming a company to carry out transatlantic airplane services by means of Rumpler Giant all-metal flying boats, which have a wing-spread of 282 feet, and are equipped with ten 800-horse-power motors, capable of a speed of 160 miles an hour. It is predicted that they will regularly cross every 24 hours, carrying 130 passengers, and a crew of 35. The estimated fare is £75, and the route is via Azores and Newfoundland. —A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 252, 14 January 1928, Page 7
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104MONSTERS OF THE AIR Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 252, 14 January 1928, Page 7
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