The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-26
BIG AIR YACHT WELLEQuiPPEO
 AND QUITE SAFE

The first air yacht, a capaciouS and elegantly furnished flying boat with two cabins seating ten passengers, separate compartment for pilots, and a baggage compartment, was officially launched by Governor Edwards of New Jersey, June 22nd-, at the plant of the Aeromarine Plane and Motor Company, Newport, N. J.
 Although the yacht has a wing spread of 104 feet, there have been larger flying boats useS in the Amer ican and British nayies, and it is not in size that the Aeromarine yacht is most noteworthy. It is in features that make the big ship a yacht rather than a boat-refinemen like wind and waterproof cabins, large ports screen- ed with curtains, electIic lights, com fortable wicker chairs, vent1lators and furnishings-thatt the Aeromarine excels.
 In the bow of the big yacht, which is painted pure white, is a cockpi. which is used for observation pur- poses. It affords unobstructed view Just behind this in the top of the hull is a sliding door, This leads into the main passenger cabin, beau tifully furnished, roomy and comfort able. This compartment contains six wicker chairs arranged two by two with an aisle between. Each passen- ger has a circular window of cellu- Ibid eighteen inches in diameter to himself. A sliding door connects with the front cockpit that pas sengers need not go up the stairs to reach it.
 To the rear of the big cabin but ahead of the front wing beam Is a space for baggage or mail. Behind that is another compartment, cores bonding to the chart room of a yacht, in which pilot and mechanic sit to- Eether. The roof of their compart ment is raised above that of the main cabin so that they have a clear view ahead Beneath this compartment are the gasoline and oil tanks. The pilot and mechanic are located under the upper wing close to the two Iib- erty motors which are set a short dis tance on either side of the hull in the gap between the wings. The pro- pellors are set in front of the wings. From the pilots compartment a door opens direct to the lower wing so that the mechanic can reach the mo- tors while in flight A dual control system is used to enable a pilot and pilot-mechanician to alternate in handling the ship" in long flights.
 Behind the pilots, and also behind the great wings, is another commo- dious cabin in. the hull. This is not quite so large as the main cabin, for it is designed to seat four passen- gers. Large windows enable the voy- agers to watch the earth of clouds passing by.
 The great plane deserves the de- scription of air yacht or cruiser not only on account of it's size and beau ty. but because of the distance which it's large gasoline carrying capa city enables it to cover in a single flight The boat has a high speed of S5 miles hour and a low landing speed o1 50 miles. Fuel and oil supply for fou1 hours may be carried in addition tc the full load of twelve persons eacf of an estimated weight of 1S0 pound. and 620 pounds of mail, freight ol baggage.
 The air yacht has an upper wins spread of 104 feet and a lower wins of 75 feet, giving her a total of 139I square feet of supporting surface, no including that of elevators and sta bilizer. Her height is IS feet 9 inche. and length 50 feet. Two Liberty twelve cylinder motors totalling eco horse power drive her through the air. He gasoline carrying capacity is 230 gal Ions and her oil capacity twenty gal Ions. Fully loaded she weighs 12. 823 pounds. Without passengers feul. etc, she weighs S,456 pounds