FLOATING ISLANDS
HAVEN FOR AEROPLANES
M. PAINLEVE'S SURVEY >
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) PABIS, 2nd June.
Engineers must build islands in the Atlantic before a regnlar passenger service by aeroplanes is possible, said M. Painleve, Minister of War. The islands will be equipped with wireless, repair shops, and hangars for use during storms. Passengers and 'planes using floating islands will come long before armies send out aeroplanes from Europe to fly the Atlantic for war purposes, as bombers must return to Europe without landing. A trans-At-lantic aeroplane will be multi-motored and multi-planned, a sealed rocket offering little resistance, flying at heights unknown at present, and crossing from Paris to New York in twentyfour hours. When in mid-ocean, in order to be effective, it must carry ten times its weight in passengers and goods. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 129, 4 June 1927, Page 9
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131FLOATING ISLANDS Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 129, 4 June 1927, Page 9
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