WORLD’S BIGGEST PLANE
GREAT BRITISH MACHINE WING SPAN OF 150 FEET British Official TTireZcs* RUGBY, Tuesday. The largest airplane in the world is expected to fly to London to-morrow. It is the British monoplane Inflexible, which weighs 14 tons, and has three Rolls-Royce “Condor” engines, giving a total of 2,100-h.p. The plane is 75 feet long, and has a wing span of 150 feet, which is over five times greater than the average single-seater fighter. The monoplane is constructed of metal, and it.s two wheels, which are its only ground support, stand over seven feet high.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 392, 28 June 1928, Page 11
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96WORLD’S BIGGEST PLANE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 392, 28 June 1928, Page 11
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