| The "China
Clipper" is one of the Glenn Martin 130 flying-boats designed
for Trans-oceanic service to the order of Pan American Airways. They
are being used on the 8,200-mile service from San Francisco to Manila,
Philippine Islands, the entire route being over the Pacific. The Glenn
Martin 130 is an all metal flying-boat with accommodation for forty-eight
passengers, and is fitted with four 800 h.p. Pratt & Whitney "Twin-Wasp"
engines which give it a cruising speed of 150 m.p.h.. It weighs fully
loaded 51,000 lbs. |
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