The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-26
GERMANS SPEED
GIANT LINER
Of AIR

BERLIN, June 26.--With one air.
shit, and two giant hydrop1anes
scheduled to make maiden trips
within the next few months. Ger
many hopes to be nearer to the
realization of a transatlantic passe1i.
ger service between Europe and
America than any other nation in
the world.
At the Zeppelin Works at Fried.
richshafen on Lake of Constance
(Sermany's new giant airship, the
Count Zeppelin" is already being
assembled and will make its first
flight over Germany and part of
Central Europe in the beginning OF
August.
This airship with los, 900 cubic
meters capacity is one-half larger
than the Los Angeles" and 10
times as large as the Italian airship
Italia" lost with General Mobile
and his crew in the vast regions OF
the Arctic. 1t will not use gasoline
as fuel but a newly discovered gas
Of almost the same specific weight
as air.
This fuel will considerably in.
crease the cruising radius of the
ship, which will be able to fly S 500
HINES ss Wklu0ula SIOppllISss
Spanish Company
According to contracts already
concluded this new Germany airship
will be leased to the Colon. q
Spanish Air Traffic Co., after the
Zeppelin has proved its absolute re-
liability In various transatlantic and
transcontinental flights. The colon
intends to establish q regular pas
senger and freight service between
Sevilla and Buenor Aires with this
airship.
Just opposite Friendrichshafen in
Altenrhine. on the Swiss side OF
Lake Constance. however, 4 seri.
Gus competitor to the Count Zen.
pelin" in the Forthcoming trans
atlantic air service is being born
in monster hydropIane now near
ing completion at the Dornier Air
plane Works. the sister orgafliza.
ton of the Zeppelin Works.
This plane, which promises to be
the biggest plane in the world for
a long time. is built with q special
view to its use in transatlantic
flights. Although strivtest secrecy
is maintained by the Dornier works
as to layout and details. it IS
learned that this new giant plane
will carry rs to 80 passengers ard
a crew Of captain. two pilots, two
mechanics and one radio operator
In addition to considerable amounts
of freight and mail.
In its appearance the new Dor
nier do x'' as 1t is called n1w. re.
sembles the famous Dornier Whals
and Super Whale hydroplanes used
by Amundsen In his North Polar
| flights and now also successfully
flown by the "Deutsche Luftfansa
the German Air Traffic Corpora.
ton.
The DO X will he propelled by
no less than IL motors. six on
each wings with a total Of 5000
horsepower. The power plant af
| the new Dornier plane win thas
Isurpass that of the Court Zep-
pelin'' by more than one-hah
Built Like Boat
Like the Dcrnier Whale planes,
| the new do x" has no special pom
toons. Instead the crafts body is
built like a huge boat to keep the
plane afloat. 1t is made so strong
that its builders believe it will be
| able to withstand the stress of even
the stormiest seas. making emery
ency landings on midocean possible.
The total Widespread of the do
| X'' is 20 meters. The huge fuel
| tanks win be housed within the hol-
| low wings, there is ample room
therefore In the planes body for
about 100 passengers, although oil
| long distances the number is to be
cut down TO twenty-five or thirty.
AS further concession to the
Safety first rule, the plane can
| remain in the air even If four of it's
| twelve motors should become dis
abled.
Another giant hydroplane. also in
| tended tor use in transatlantic
| passenger service, has been under
construction at the Rohrbach Air
| plane Works in Staaken near Der
| lin for almost a year. This plane
is to be ready by the end of this
month, and will be then transported
| to Warnemuende. baltic Seal for
| its first practical tests, because the
many lakes in the vicinity of Berlin
are entirely too small for a start
| of this air and sea monster.
The first start is fixed for July
| IS.
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