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Show BIGGER PLANES PLANESBy PLANESBy PLANESBy By IGOR SIKORSKY SIKORSKYAircraft SIKORSKYAircraft SIKORSKYAircraft Aircraft DesignerI DesignerBELIEVE DesignerI DesignerBELIEVE Designer DesignerBELIEVE BELIEVE that the real futureof future futureof I . of aviation lies hes in a little more morespeed morespeed morespeed speed than we now have and in m a agreat agreat agreat great deal more room and comfort comfortWIth comfortWith comfortWith WIth \ what wliat hat we l know now already It Is pos pow possible powsable possible sible sable to build planes carrying 75 to to100 100 passcngeis passengels passengeis . , instead of the 32 for forwhom forwhom forwhom whom our Clippers ha\ ha have hae \ e accommod'ltlons accommoditlons accommod'l accommodl accommodg accommodgtlons ' tlons , e except cept on such long range tllghts flights flightsas tllghtsas as the 2,400 2400 , , mile roUe Jump from CaliforDl'l CaliforDll California Callfornnto CaliforDl'lto Californiato ' to Honolulu HonoluluWithin Within another five years we w111 will w111ha willhave willhave ha\ ha hae have \ e big tl flying Ing boats in service tb1t that tb1twill thatwill tintwill will make male , even such long flights as asthesesufficIent asthesesufficient asthese these-sufficIent these sufficIent - - sufficient for the longest water watergap watergap watergap gap of either the Atlantic or the Pa Pacific . clfic-at clfic at cific-at cific cific - at cruising cruismg speeds of 200 miles an anhOllr anhour anhour hOllr hour hOllriUl with \\iUl iUl \ substintnl subshntl\l subshntl l substantial ' \ loads of pas passen pascn passengers , en . gers , mill m'lIJ mlIJ mail ' and e\press e press e.press epress e'press \ ' . . |