Another Jules Verne Dream Coming True In consultation with the inventor. whose identity is being kept a close secret, French technicians have for some tim st been subjecting to the severest te an invention that may revolutionize warfare, states "The People."
One of the most fantastic dreams of Jules Verne, the flying submarine, is on the verge of becoming real, and in a form far more ambitious than anything Verne imagined, for the new raft will be able to operate on the surface of the sea, below it and in the air.
Large-scale models are being tested in part of a French dockyard, from which all unauthorised persons are kept out, by some of the cleverest technicians of the French Government.
The design for the craft was submitted to the French Government Over a year ago by a young man. who was afterwards asked to place himself at the disposal of the Government.
Failure was the first result, but persistence has at last brought success.
Plans have been approved and orders are now being placed for the construction of six of the new machines to be used for training purposes.
It is claimed that the new machine will be invaluable as a substitute for submarines operating in distant waters.
As a seaplane it will be able to reach the scene of operations at a speed at least twenty times greater than that of the ordinary submarine, while it will also be able to hide under the water.
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