Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-10-07 | Page 3 | Standard Oil Air Liner Was Very Latest in Ships

Standard Oil Air Liner W Was as Very Verg Latest in Ships A flying ex executive office is the I unofficial d description of at the I Standard Oil Ol company airliner that disappeared so mysteriously with its crew of three Pilot R. R S. S Allen Copilot Copilot Copilot Co Co- Co- Co pilot G. G A A. Lenz and Mechanic George O. O Anderson It was purchased last November Constructed according to the latest knowledge of dynamics aero the plane was fitted with the most efficient efficient effi effi- dent flying lying instruments yet devised Its cabin was furnished by interior decorators and equipped so o executives executives executives tives of the company could d transact transact trans hans act their business while en route The plane with a Jl wingspread of 85 feet was powered with two motors E Each ch could develop horsepower Either one o of them em could sustain the hc I I plane in flight according to the designers From the tip of its shining nose to the tho tail light below the rudders the plane measured 62 feet teet Its wing tanks held gallons of fuel and it weighed more marc than eight tons The instrument board in the double double double dou dou- ble pilot compartment contained every device known to aviation for safe sata and and efficient navigation It had more instruments than are used on regular commercial air air- liners There was a robot pilot radio equipment in in all the special equipment had cost more than Similar to the types of transports transports trans traIls ports which set a series cries of transcontinental transcontinental speed records early carly this year the tho plane cost moro more than