LUXURY FLYING BOAT
TRANSATLANTIC SERVICE. (United Press Assn—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 12.55 a.m.) Paris, November 8. The largest flying boat in the world is nearing completion at Toulouse for the transatlantic service. It is over 100 feet long and has a wing-span of 160 feet and a cruising speed of 150 miles an hour. There are six engines, each of 850 horsepower. It is constructed almost entirely of metal. It will carry 70 passengers and have a dozen de luxe cabins, each with two bunks..
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Southland Times, Issue 22474, 9 November 1934, Page 7
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84LUXURY FLYING BOAT Southland Times, Issue 22474, 9 November 1934, Page 7
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