HANDLEY-PAGE GIANT.
TO ATTEMPT ATLANTIC FLIGHT CARRIES OVER 13 TONS. (Received 0.35 a.m.) ST. JOHNS, May 25— Delayed. The Hundley-Page bombing biplane which is being assembled will ho the largest aeroplane to attempt the transAtlantic flight. Fully loaded, the machine will carry 13 tons 7 cwt 1 qt 11 lbs. It is equipped with four RollsRoyce eight-cylinder engines, generating a total of lf>oo-horse power. Tt is estimated that the engines will consume 108 gallons of petrol per hour, developing a speed of 00 miles an hour. It will carry 2370 gallons of petrol, and will on equipped with a Wireless plant with n. 2">o-mile receiving radius. It can continue to fly even when two engines are not working. The estimated cost of the biplane is £24,000. It is expected that it will be ready for a test flight within a fortnight.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) FRENCH ENTRANTS. PARIP, May 24 (delayed). Three French aviator. Captains Madon and Coli and Lieutenant Kogct, have entered for the Atlantic flight competition. Captain Madon proposes to fly from Brest to Xew York.— (A. and X.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 134, 6 June 1919, Page 5
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