FLAGSHIP OF THE AIR.
SECRET SOVIET MONOPLANE
(flfceeived 9.30 a.m.)
MOSCOW, August 13
A six-engined 8000 horse-power monoplane, which will be the future flagship of the Soviet civil air fleet, has completed its final tests. It was constructed secretly and carries (i 4 passengers and eight of a crew. It has a flying range of 1 ISO miles, the loaded weight is 4~> tons, the wing span 200 feet, and the height 23 feet.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 190, 14 August 1939, Page 7
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