GIANT AEROPLANE.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 4389, 8 September 1921, Page 4

GIANT AEROPLANE.

HUGE MACHINE BUILDING. RESEMBLES NOTHINU ON LAND OilO.V SEA. London, August 28. The Daily Muil states that a supergiant aeroplane, which is being built Mr the Government, at Bristol, heralds a fresh era ill design. So largo is the body that it con- . eys the impression ol a speedy sea-' vessel. The vast interior hull contains u spacious 'aloon. The engineroom, with it-, battery of engines and gleaming cylinders, is like that of a ship. .\ new systv n for the transmission of power from tho engines to the propellers has boon installed. Tho aeroplane will fly by day or night, the peril of a forced landing being practically eliminated. Engineroom mechanics will repair any trouble while the acceleration of power by the other units maintains the altitude and speed. "The appearance of tho tremendous craft," --on tin ties the Dnjly Mail, •'takes away the breath. It really needs a new name as it does not re--omble anything on land or sea. The builders describe it as an aerial transport. It might be used to carry troops or to net as tender for a .squadron of aeroplanes.