SURE TO BREAK DOWN,
WAJfAMAKEK'S BOAT. SACRIFICES TO LIGHTNESS. (Times ami Sydney Snn Services.) NEW YORK- .Tune 2?. In llio Wnnn.ma.kor airship, wherewith ■ LitMitonant T. C. Porte hopes to cro.ss the \tlantic. everything is hem? sarrificoi] to ligliturr<. All the steel parts, iniludinr, the propeller shaft, are hollow. Experts predict that some of tbose parts, which will be called upon tn work at a speed <if ■''■'■ iwolutioiis a minuto, for :*i> consecutive hour?- are sure to break down.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 154, 30 June 1914, Page 5
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