GREAT BIG PLANE.
TO CARRY 130 PEOPLE.
LONDON, June 20. The Berlin correspondent of - the "Morning Post" says Dr. Rumpler of Taubenheim has informed the Society of Aeronautics that he proposes to build a monster aeroplane. The machine will have wings 125 ft long with a spread of 200 ft. It will be fitted with 10 engines, each of 1000 horse-power. The speed of the aeroplane will be 170 miles an hour. It will have accommodation for 130 passengers.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 145, 21 June 1926, Page 7
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81GREAT BIG PLANE. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 145, 21 June 1926, Page 7
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