AN AIRPLANE TO SWIM.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3132, 28 August 1922, Page 8

AN AIRPLANE TO SWIM.

An airplane that according to its Ktlgjis.li inventors promises to revoh> tionise flying soon will be sum bitted to practical test, according to information in London aviation circles. It is said to be unlike anything ever constructed before and is really a ship with wings. The utmost secrecy is maintained as to the details of its construction, but it is said to mark the beginning of an aerial navy. The plane is so constructed that it will not only float in calm waters, but il is claimed will be able to ride the roughest seas with the same security as an Atlantic liner. It is claimed that it will be equally airworthy. The hull is long, light and slender, without bulkheads. The elasticity of the hull which will make this possible is the outcome of many years' scientific research. The new machine will he a vast improvement on the present type of amphibians. The experimental machine carries but seven persons, but designs for* larger ones have already been made. The airplane will carry tour or six engines and will' be capable of travelling 100 miles an hour. It will be equipped with fog horns, anchors and riding lights. When not in the air it can travel oil tho water and thus accompany a battle fleet under all conditions-. Machines designed chiefly for commercial service will be able to cross the Atlantic, Ocean in less than fortyeight hours, it is claimed, carrying a heavy load.