HITLER ORDERS A NEW AIRPLANE

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 12824, 19 August 1939, Page 6

HITLER ORDERS A NEW AIRPLANE

Adolf Hitler has placed an order

for a new airplane with space enough

for a conference room and sufficient

range to fly nonstop from Berlin to

New York

The airplane is a four-engiae, low

wing, land machine of a type known

as “Condor FW 200.” It has % an

average speed of 220 iniles an hour

and a cruising range of 5,600 miles.

A similar airplane crossed the

North Atlantic to the United States

last August and later flew from. Ber-

lin to Toki'o for a long-distance re-

cord. Subsequently it fell into Manila Bay. The Focke Wulfe Aircraft Corporation of firemen is the manufacturer.

The Fuehrer is not a pilot but flies on occasion. His new airplane will be fitted with the most modern safety devices. Radio telephone equipment will enable Herr Hitler to Loep in constant touch with land.

The Fuehrer’s room will occupy about one-third of the cabin space. The middle section will be reserved for. his entourage and also may serve as a conference room. The rear part will accommodate his ever-present bodyguard.

The interior will be decorated to comply with the Chancellor’s ideas,