THE ATLANTIC TEST
AVIATORS GETTING READY BIG ’PLANES FOR FLIGHT (A. & N.Z.) COPENHAGEN, May 15. 1 Mr Van Leeblack, the millionaire 'American publisher, is planning a transI Atlantic flight on a grand scale. He has ordered a three-engined Fokker with a kitchen and sleeping cabin. The pilot will be the Dutchman, Geiksendorder.
A HUGE SEAPLANE (A. & N.Z.) BERLIN, May 15. Professor Rumpier claims to have evolved a giant seaplane which will make the Trans-Atlantic flight safe, and will be a commercial proposition. It will be equipped with ten engines, each of 1000 horse-power, a crew of thirty-five and will carry 130 passengers from Berlin to New York in sixteen hours. ATTEMPT IN JUNE (A. & N.Z.) PARIS, May 15. The aviators Tarascon and Mocques will attempt the Trans-Atlantic flight in June. D’Oisy expects to leave on Tuesday on a non-stop flight to India, thence to Indo-China.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19842, 17 May 1927, Page 7
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