AVIATION
BOTVED’S ARRIVAL AT KOREA. CPree« Association —By Telegraph—Copyright.) TOKIO, May 28. Botved, the Danish aviator, has arrived at ciei'o, Korea.—Reuter. GIANT MACHINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION FOR FORTY. NEW YORK. May 28. A giant multi-motored airplane capable not only of carrying, but of providing sleeping accommodation for 35 to 40 passengers, is now under construction from designs furnished by Fokker. at his factory at Amsterdam (Holland), The machine is designed primarily for fiying in America, and may be used to inaugurate trans-Continental passenger service from New York to San Francisco. The fuselage of the machine is built in two sections, the upper part of which can be converted into sleeping berths. The machine will have three or more motors so that it can be navigated with one engine out of commission. It is expected that the machine will make a transcontinental flight in from 20 to 30 hours ao against nearly four days by train. Fokker said the future of aviation in the United States was very great and it may be expected that America will ultimately even outstrips France.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19803, 31 May 1926, Page 7
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184AVIATION Otago Daily Times, Issue 19803, 31 May 1926, Page 7
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