Seattle, June 7.
One of the mightiest aeroplanes ever built—a 41-ton, 74-passenger clipper ship—rose from the waters of Elliot Bay today on its maiden flight and landed safely 38 minutes later on Lake Washington.
The mammoth airship, piloted by Mr. Edmund T. Allen, was built by Boeing Aircraft Company here for Pan American Airways for use on either the trans-Pacific or trans, Atlantic service. Five persons, including crew and observers, accompanied the pilot on the test flight.
The giant express airliner carries a capacity load of 74 passengers, a crew of eight and two ani a half tons of cargo, and has a cruising range of 5,000 miles.
Pan American officials explained ihat the new "Super-Clipper" wás twice the size of the Sikorsky flying boats which blazed air routes to South America and across the Pacific, and one and a half times as big as the four-motor Martin. Clipper planes used in trans-Pacific flights.
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