GIANT FLYING BOAT.
SCRAPPED FOR ECONOMY ? LONDON, January 25. The aeronautical correspondent of "The Times" says that work has been stopped on the 40-seat flying hoat, weighing 35 tons, which was being built at Southampton. The Air Ministry is negotiating with Vickers, Ltd., with a view to cancellation of tlie contract on the ground of economy. There is every reason to believe that the boat will never be completed. Abandonment of the work is a blow to the development of flying boats suitable for Atlantic services. The Air Ministry contemplated building a Cl-ton flying boat when lessons had been learned from the seaworthiness of the smaller craft, but the delay will enable the designers to prolit from the Schneider contest experience and plan a flying boat with more power but of the same weight. The Air Ministry, meanwhile, will not lack opportunity to test the seaworthiness of giant seaplanes, as it has a project far more advanced than the 35-ton ship, but that is at present a secret. It is also about to place a contract for a fast mail-carrier.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 27, 2 February 1932, Page 7
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