AMERICAN EXPERIMENT
HUGE NEW PLANE. / Use in Sub-stratosphere ’ Press Association—Copyright. Burbank (Cal.), April 15. It is revealed that a huge aerial transport plane designed to fly into the sub-stratosphere 'more than 30,000 feet above 'the earth is near completion by the Lockhead Company. The proj-pt is financed by the Army Air Corps. Lt is a military secret, and the work is. being carried on behind locked doors. The hangar is in an isolated spot, and guards are always on duty. The machine is the sama type as Mrs. Earhart Putnam’s iilane, but has an extra layer of duraluminum casing It has no window's and the exterior engines, are highly supercharged to function in ratified. atmosphere.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 409, 16 April 1937, Page 5
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115AMERICAN EXPERIMENT Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 409, 16 April 1937, Page 5
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