Aeronautics: Transatlantic

"Some day airplanes will fly across the ocean on schedule." In the popular mind that has long been one of the most important milestones ahead for aviation. Last week the milestone apparently was at hand. Germany, long ago first in the air with a dirigible service, announced that mail plane service across the South Atlantic would start Feb. 3. On that day a Luft Hansa flying boat is scheduled to take off from Stuttgart, Germany. She will roar south and west to Cadiz, the Canary Islands, West Africa, then shoot across the ocean to...

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