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1925
1925 - 0302.PDF
MAY 21, 1925 THE LOENING AMPHIBIAN IN our issue for April 2 last we published a brief report on thetests with the Loening amphibian, and this week we are able to give some further particulars, together with illustrationsand general arrangement drawings, of this interesting machine, which have kindly been furnished by Mr. Loening. The announcement that the U.S. Navy Department of the the American Government has ordered it for use in Panama,Hawaii, and the Philippines, as well as along the coast; and the Marine Corps has ordered the same type for general use,in Haiti and the Caribbean Sea ; and the Navy Department of the American Government has ordered the Loening amphi-bian, for use on aircraft carriers and battleships, as the THE LOENING MODEL 34 AMPHIBIAN : Two views of the machine, showing it on the water with wheels up, and on land with wheels down. MacMillan expedition to the Arctic is using the Loeningamphibian calls attention prominently to this new type of aircraft, which has been under secret development for overtwo years for the American Government, at the new aircraft plant of the Leoning Aeronautical Engineering Corporation at31st Street and East River, New York City." The versatility and general usefulness of this new type ofmachine is indicated by the fact that the Army Air Service of standard observation machine of the navy. In addition tothis, it is said that the American Post Office Department is also interested in this machine, so that there probably hasnever been a design of aeroplane developed, either in Europe or America, which appears to have a wider application thandoes the Loening amphibian—chiefly due to the fact that, in additioji to being an amphibian, the Loening type has shownitself to be an exceedingly good seaplane, and, much to the SPAN . . 45-O LENGTH 34'-1" CHORD 6'-0" WING AREA.. 500 SQ.FT LOENING MODEL34 AMPHIBIAN 400hP. INVERTED "LIBERTY" ENGINE THE LOENING MODEL 34 AMPHIBIAN : General arrangement drawings. 302
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