ATLANTIC SEADROMES

Grey River Argus, 13 May 1943, Page 1

ATLANTIC SEADROMES

U.S. POST-WAR PROJECT. (Rec. 9.5) WASHINGTON, May 12. The establishment, after the war of a trans-Atlantic air line, utilising huge floating steel seadromes, spaced at. 800 mile' intervals, enabling land transports to fly to England from America is envisaged in an application filed with the Civil Aeronautics board by Pennsylvania Central Airlines. Tc is estimated that, three seadromes are needed, each costing rbouT. ten million dollars, resembling anchored aircraft carriers, kept on even keel by underwater -floats, and standing seventy feet above the ocean. The seadromes would ■ be equipped with fuel and radio directional equipment, and overnight hotel accommodation for passengers, who are expected to travel the route at . a cost of six cents per mile. The American Bureau of Shipping has given the. project the highest possible priority, rating.