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1929 - 0143.PDF
JANUARY 24, 1929 SEAWORTHINESS TESTS OF THE ROHRBACH "ROMAR" By A. HOLZAPFEL [We have received from Berlin the article of which a translation is given below. The writer of the article is not personally known to us, but the account and photographs give no cause for believing the " story " to be other than quite reliable, and in view of the unusual design of the Rohrbach " Romar," we have thought Luft Hansa were faced with the problem of ordering sea- worthy flying-boats of the Rohrbach "Romar" type, it doubtless required considerable courage and technical far sightedness to decide upon ordering three boats of this type, especially as at that time the boat was unknown in every i SEAWORTHINESS TESTS OF THE ROHRBACH " ROMAR" : View of the machine at moorings. Note the narrow beam of the hull, and the high position of the thrust line of the three engines. that the article would be of considerable interest to British flying-boat designers and others concerned with the development of the flying-boat.—ED.] When, more than a year ago, the German Ministry of Commerce (Reichsverkehrsministerium) and the German way. The confidence in the German industry which was thus shown has been proved fully deserved. The will to seek technical progress which was shown by those who ordered the machines has been attended by success, and the Rohrbach " Romar" has brought German aeromarine SEAWORTHINESS TESTS OF THE ROHRBACH " ROMAR " : The lower photograph shows the machine during one of the starts, while in the upper picture the photographer has caught an exciting incident as the machine leaped off the water during one of the alighting tests. 59 c2
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