Amphibian planes are not expected to show extraordinary speed. Sleekness usually is sacrificed to seaworthiness and to a design by which engine & propeller are mounted high above the waterline to keep them dry. Also the apparatus for alternating pontoons and landing wheels is heavy, resistant. Hence it was news last week when Alexander P. ("Sasha") de Seversky, Russian War ace, now a major in the U. S. air corps reserve, revealed details of a racing amphibian which he is completing at College Point, L. I.
The de Seversky ship is an all-metal...
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