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Show AERO ENGINE OF 1 000 HORSEPOWER England Produces the Most Powerful Motor Known I-ONDON, Feb. 2. -The successful testjng of a lOuO-horsepower aero en-Bine, en-Bine, ssid to be the most powerful known, hs.i opened up claims by the erperts of the poss'bllity i f a regular London-New Tork aerial eervice and a passage within twentyfour hours, either direct or by changing aircraft at the Azores. It is being recalled that Captain 'ohn Alock in 1919 flew from Newfoundland Newfound-land to Imihd in !ss thsn sixteen hours, using two J7e-borsepower engines. en-gines. The new engine is cal'ed "The Cub. It waa ordered by the royal air force It is understood thst the Tiranla, a flying boat destroyer whjch Is to be used in long distance patrols, will be equipped with two "Cubs" 'end have a range of 1500 miles. For wartime the crew will numtnr ten, and for civilian civ-ilian use the craft can accommodate fiftv passengers. "The Cub's" eighteen cylinders. In a test. Indicated 1057 horsi power in twenty hours. The engine weighs nearly near-ly a ton and costs about :'5.000. |