LARGEST IN WORLD
NEW BRITISH FLYING BOAT
LIKE A MONSTER fISH
■ LONDON, 13th January.
The largest flying boat in the world is being built at Vickers' factory to the order of the Air Ministry. , It is a'■'sixi engised machine and eclipses Germany's pride, the DO-X.
The Vickers' boat resembles a monster fish, with its tail high up in the air, expanding to an enormous belly and ending in a huge, blunt nose, whica also is in the air.
Only the belly will "be in the water, enabling the air-liner to ride on itho heaviest waves. The engines will be put of reach of even mountainous seas.
The equipment includes restaurants, baths, and sleeping berths.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 11, 14 January 1932, Page 11
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114LARGEST IN WORLD Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 11, 14 January 1932, Page 11
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