NEW GIANT PLANES
WILL COST £-100,000 EACH NEW YORK, Nov. 26. Plans for the construction of four giant aeroplanes, comparable to ocean liners in fittings and accommodations, have been announced by officials ot the General Development Co. The planes will be capable of carrying 206 passngera each, and will cost. £400,000 each. The wing spread will he 262 ft. They will be monoplanes of the so-called flying wing typo .powered by eight chemically-cooled engines, and will have a crew of 17, of whom eight will ho cooks.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17125, 4 December 1929, Page 11
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87NEW GIANT PLANES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17125, 4 December 1929, Page 11
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