New-York tribune., 1920-04-25

| 'AAS Will Inc OnlCeQ States
navy's famous NC airplanes, the
first aircraft to fly across the Allan
tic, whose wings were 1926 feet
across. Moreover, the wings of the
new Vlckers monster will be 27 feet
wide, wider than some Of the new
sporting airplane wings are long.
More Power Than a Shin
The other dimensions of this man.
moth flying craft are equally as
founding. It will be driven through
the air by eight engines agereeatine
4,80O horsepower. There are hum
dreds of oceangoing ships with less
power than this, and when we fur
ther consider the fact that man has
flown IN an airplane equipped with
9-horsepower motor, the figures
given above assume their real i'm
portance.
The engines are Ro1ls-Royce
"Condors," the new 60O-horsepower
engine recently produced by the IA
nous British concern. They are
placed on the flying boat in pairs,
one pair in each of the four engine
nacelles. In this manner each pair
is installed lend to end" therefore
each engine nacelle has a tractor
and pusher propeller.
The giant flying boat is 200 feet
long and AZ feet high, or. in other
words, the hull is equal in length to
a city block. The framework of the
boat and of the planes themselves
is constructed entirely of duralumin
an alloy as light as aluminium, but
much stronger. The planking Of the
hull is made of "Consuta," special
form of plywood developed by the
famous yacht builders, Messrs.
Saunders.
The boat itself has two decks and
is completely furnished for passen-
ger carrying. In it there are built
sixteen two-berth cabins and a din
ing room. The settees in the latter
can, in case Of emergency, be trans
formed to provide sleeping accom-
modation for thirteen moro passen-
gers, thus bringing the total Of pas
sengers to forty-fve. With that
number the huge flying boat has
cruising radius in the air of 1,4O0
statute miles at maximum flying
speed of 110~ miles an hour. 1t is
estimated, however, that the giant
machine will be able to carry it's full
load in the air with two-thirds of its
engine power.
One of the most interesting Of the
new large passenger carrying air
planes is the Bristol Braemer tri-
plane, equipped with four American
built Liberty motors. The interest
in this machine lies in the fact that
it was the very machine designed
especially for the British Air Minis
try to bomb Berlin from the Western
front.
Ready to Bomb Berlin
1t is fact that just as the ar
mistice was signed a whole squadron
of these big machines were all ready
to make the first raid on the Ger
man capital, and we're equipped with
every device known to aeronautical
engineers that would have made the
flight a success.
Since the armistice the triplanes
have been remodeled and an in
closed cabin built in place Of the
open fuselage. In addition to the
pilot and engineer this big airplane
has accommodation for fourteen
passengers. For the comfort and
convenience Of the latter special
Pullman car has been designed, in
which luxuriously upholstered arm
chairs are provided.
An electric grill for cooking and
completely equipped washroom have
been built into the car, and the car
is electrically heated for altitude
flying. The huge machine is capable
Of lifting 2,700 pounds, with fuel for
five hours flight at 1876 miles an
hour. It is probably the most luxu-
riously appointed airplane in the
world at the present time.
Made of Metal
The huge German machine is
monoplane seaplane designed for
tho German navy, but has only just
been completed by the airplane
branch Of the Zeppelin company. It
is constructed Of metal throughout,
even the wing covering material be-
ing metal, and the tremendous wing
il internally braced. There are no
outside wires or struts.
1t is the most peculiarly con-
structed flying machine ever manu-
factured. Beneath the monoplanc
wfnr. which In 100 fAAt frern tin