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SEPTEMBER XS, 1919 THE (GERMAN) DORNIER "GIANT FLYING-BO AT" FROM A CORRESPONDENT IN view of its unusual arrangement, a few notes concerning the Dornier monoplane flying-boat, which was under con struction when the Armistice was signed, may not be without interest. The machine was built by the Zeppelin Works at Lindau on Lake Constance, and was designed by the chief designer of that firm, Herr Dornier, who is Swiss by birth. As the accompanying diagrams show, the machine is a mono- one in the nose and one in the stern. In the boat, between the pilots and rear gunner, are placed the petrol tanks, which have a capacity sufficient for a 10 hours' flight. The machine carries a crew of nine, which may be constituted as follows : Two pilots, two gunners in the " hump " on top of the fuselage, one wireless operator in the nose of the fuselage, two gunners in the boat, and two engineers. With full load THE DORNIER MONOPLANE FLYING BOAT : Diagrammatic side and front elevations plane, and is, in a sense, of the flying-boat type, although it might be better described as a single-float seaplane. An idea of the size of the machine may be formed when it is pointed out that the wing span is 36 m. (118 ft.). The power plant consists of four Maybach motors, each of 260 h.p., driving two tractors and two pushers. The fuselage is placed above the wings, and in it are housed gunners and other crew. The pilots are seated down in the j,oat, or central float, which also accommodates gunners, B H Under a Danube Bridge A MESSAGE from Pressburg states that the French pilot, Joe Pouliquen, on a Breguet (300 h.p. Renault), accompanied by his mechanic Vallieres, has twice recently flown under the bridge which carries the railway from Prague to Budapest across the Danube, A German Squadron for Russia FROM a story in the German Freiheit (Freedom) it appears that the flying squadron No. 426 went over to the Russian counter-revolutionaries some days ago with its entire material. The squadron remains in communication with the military the machine has attained a speed of 145 km./hour (about 90 m.p.h.). One of the finest flights made by the Dornier was a non-stop trip from Lake Constance to Norderney, the Naval Air Station in the North Sea. With regard to construction, it should be pointed out that there is no wood in the machine, the wings, fuselage, boat and engine mountings being made of Duralumin. The Zeppelin firm have also during the War constructed all-Duralumin single-seaters and two-seaters of the twin-float type. a a departments in Germany, whence it receives stores. A dozen men were sent to Berlin recently commissioned to take aeroplanes to Courland. Italian Airships for South America " IN the Ciampino, south-east of Rome, a large airship, called the Transatlantic, is nearly completed," says the Daily Mail correspondent at Milan. " Its construction is being undertaken with the idea of attempting a crossing from Italy to South America. "The airship has four motors, giving a speed of 60 miles. I am informed that the first trial flight will take place at the end of the month." H M H H H H H H El H A Breguet B H H B E m m a 0 a, H IS B B B B B pusher biplane flown, during theWar.by the Russians on the Rou manian front. 1258
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