German Passenger Craft Tries One Day Journey Berlin, June 27.
The four-engined passenger plane Searland of the FW 200 Condor type constructed by the Focke-Wulf-Flugzeug Company started at 00.05 o'clock this morning from Tempelhof aerodrome here for a flight to Cairo and back within 24 hours. The plane is expected to return here late tonight. The purpose of this flight is not to establish a new record but to test the efficiency of the machine which after a successful flight will be put into regular service of the German Lufthansa.
The Saarland has a crew of four and accommodation for 26 passengers. 1t has a maximum speed of 430 km.p.h. and a cruising speed of 390 kilometres with 26 passengers. Equipped with the latest technical devices, the machine offers the greatest comfort to passengers, such as electric kitchen, smoking-room, sound-proof walls, fresh air apparatus and steam heating.
The Saarland makes the present test flight with a full complement of passengers and crew.—Trans-Ocean.
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