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MAMMOTH DUTCH LINER. REMARKABLE NEW TYPE. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, February 5. (Received Feb. 6, at 11 p.m.) One of the latest additions to the liners on the Dutch air route visited Croydon to-day. It is a remarkable new type of triple-engined Fokker monoplane, with 1350 horse-power, and is capable of carrying 10 passengers in the spacious cabin, in addition to large quantities of mail. Its cruising speed is 120 miles an hour, and its top speed 140. Tims it is the fastest air liner in Europe.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21254, 7 February 1931, Page 11
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