NEW MONOPLANE.
LARGEST IN THE WORLD. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 26. The largest aeroplane in the world is expected to fly to ’London to-morrow-. It is the British monoplane Inflexible, which- weighs 14 tons ; has throe RollsRoyce Condor engines, giving a total of 2100 honse-power; is 75 feet long, and lias a wing-span of 150 feet. This is over five times greater than the average single-seater fighter. The monoplane is constructed of metal, arid its two wheels, which are its only ground support, stand over seven feet high.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 28 June 1928, Page 5
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89NEW MONOPLANE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 28 June 1928, Page 5
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