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Show SEA SLEDS FOR AIRPLANES Speed of Giant Floats Makes the Taking Off From Small Space a Matter of Ease. Olont sen sleds capable of carrying airplanes out In mldocenn nro bulng developed by n Boston concern. Some are equipped with four motors, totaling total-ing 1,750 horsepower, and lmvo a speed of "! miles nn hour. In the event of wn'r with a foreign nation theso sea sleds would be utilized util-ized to transport heavy bombing planes across thu ocean. Thousands could ho sent nt n comparatively low cost. While It Is possible for un nlrplanu to leirvo tho deck of a sea sled, there Is not sufficient room for n landing to be made. The flying machine would lmvo to work out Its own sulvutlon once Its wheels left tho sled. These seu sleds aro built to lift and run on the surface of the water. When a speed of 50 miles nn hour Is reuched It Is possible 'for an ulrplane to open Its motors nnd leave the deck without any further runwny. Kxperlments miule off the New Kng- land const show that a small alrpluno can "tnko off" when tho sen sled Is making hut 40 tulles nn hour In n heavy sea. Other tests are being mndo to develop the high power planing sea rleds Into pleasure craft as well as for military and naval purposes. Gordon S. Orme of Now Orleans, n wealthy sportsman, has had n .'(2-foot-er built for his use In the Gulf of Mpx-Ico. Mpx-Ico. Fnctories huve been established In Atlantic City to nld In producing tho sen sleds, which nro now being tested off the New England coast. |