HUGE FLYING BOAT.
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED. (UKIMD PRESS ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTRIC TXLEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (Received July 7th, 5.5 p.m.) BERLIN, July 6. A great Dornier flying boat, the Bux, built to carry 120 persons, is finished, and will be submitted for an inspection by representatives of the world's Press on Tuesday at Rorsenache, on the Swiss side of Lake Constance, where it has been in the course of construction for two and a half years. , ,^ It has three decks, and 12 engines, and is capable of a speed of 125 miles an hour. Its length is 131 feet height 33 feet, and breadth 156 feet.—Australian Press Association.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19665, 8 July 1929, Page 9
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