The Nome nugget., 1928-10-20
NOME TO HAVE LARGEST
 AIRPLANE
l WIEN BROTHERS HAVE ORDERED RIG PLANE
Eight Place MonOpianc to Augment
 Air Service Of Local Firm

| III oa ih'Si 'iSW "ith t"S " iSAi Brothers, of the Wien Alaska Air ways of Nome, who now own three good serviceable airplanes, it is learned that they have ordered a giant Hamilton all-metal monoplane for service on Alaska air lanes "' The plane, they declare, will be the largest and most luxurious plane ever brought North The passengers will ride in cabin with the most modern appointments. The pilot, or pilots. as there are dual controls, will be seated in the forward end of the cabin.
 Power will be furnished by 45o horsepower Pratt & Whitney Wasp motor, 9 cylinder, aircooled, said to be the most powerful engine ever ordered for a plane to be used in Alaskan service. A similar type of motor is used by Boeing Airplane Company planes on the air mail route from Chicago to the Pacific |i Coast
 Thirty-three and one-half feet long, the monoplane will have I wingspread of 51k it. It will be nine feet high at it's highest point A high speed of 13S miles per hour will be possible with cruising speed of 115 miles per hour This is said to be equal to the high speed of any cabin plane used in the States. The landing speed will be about 50 miles per hour. The plane will carry pay load of from 1900 to 1500 pounds.
 The landing wheels, which will be 70" 10', and will be equip ped with large brakes.
 The manufacturers are the Hamil- ton Metal Plane Company of Mil waukee, Wisconsin. The whole ma chine is made of alclad duralumin, the lightest and strongest known metal for airplanes. The new mono plane will weigh 2900 pounds and will cost approximately s25.000. The motor will burn 20 gallons of fuel per hour compared with the Stinson- Detroiter's 12 gallons per hour, and the big monoplane may land on any field now used by the Stinson.
 With the new plane speed and ) luxury heretofore unobtainable in the Territory and comparable to the best offered by American and European air lines will be avail able to the Alaskan public, the Vein Brothers state. The trav- cling time between Nome and Fairbanks will be cut to between four and six hours To make the plane easy to handle in even the softest ground. the big landing wheels are provided. which are larger than are callec for in the manufacturers specifications, and special brakes have also been or dered The pilots compartment will be comfortable and fitted with dual controls, and the latest types of navigation instruments will be in- stalled. The plane will also be fitted with landing lights, making for the utmost safety. The cabin is upholstered in the finest fire proof mohair, and is nearly sound proof.
 The new Hamilton monoplane will arrive in Fairbanks about Nov ember 18th, and will be immediate ly assembled and will make it's first flight to Nome soon thereafter. A hangar 50 60 feet at the Fairbanks municipal airport Is now under construction. The building will comfortably house two planes and will be located at the righ, of the entrance to the field. Next spring 1t is planned to or der a Whirlwind powered airplane for flights to points where land ings cannot be made with larger airplanes.