LARGEST AIR-LINER.
MACHINE FOR SOVIET. ■ w :b CONSTRUCTION IN AMERICA. BALTIMORE, No vim Ur ]O. . The world’s largest luxury air-liner lias been completed by the Glen Martin Company, to the order of the Soviet Government. Air-conditioned and with four engines, it will accommodate 46 passengers, and weighs 31 tons. The machine is capable of living nonstop from New Ycik to London in 23 hours. There is muon speculation about the use to which it will be put. it may be used in flights between Russia and the United States, over the North Pole, or in a trans-Atlantic service.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 43, 30 November 1937, Page 5
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