AEROPLANE DRIVEN BY STEAM
German Engineer’s Plans
HIGH SPEED AND LONG RANGE EXPECTED By Telegraph.—P-ess Assn.—Copyright. (Received April 16, 10.55 p.m.) Berlin, April 16. Au engineer named Huettner lias drafted plans for a steam-driven aeroplane 65 feet long, with a wing-spread of 100 feet. The boiler will be heated by oil gas. It is expected to have a cruising speed of 240 miles an hour, a maximum of 270 and it will reach a height of 27.000 feet. He hopes to fly in one hop with a ton load from Germany to Japan in GO hours or from Germany to San Francisco. • Capetown, Rio de Janeiro or .Singapore. It is claimed that Huettner has solved the problem of a satisfactory ratio of weight to power. Hitherto steam engined aeroplanes have broken down owing to the great weight. Ilueltuer's solution consists of a revolving boiler combined wit!) a steam turbine. If successful. the scheme will be applicable to motor-cars.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 171, 17 April 1934, Page 9
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