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passengers the Vought S korsky korskysh korskysh korskysh sh ps will accommodate 16 paYIng paYIngguests payingguests payingguests guests plus a crew of 11 and a sub substantlal substantlal substantial stantlal load of ma 1 and express expressThey expressThey expressThey They will provide every modern modernlIDprovement modernimprovement modernimprovement lIDprovement improvement with palatial sleep ng ngaccommodat ngaccommodat ngaccommodat accommodat ons an attractive attractivelounge attractivelounge attractivelounge lounge and separate dressing dressmg rooms roomsfor roomsfor roomsfor for men and t \ omenAmencan omenAmerican omen omenAmerican American Amencan Export lines Imes bel eve the thenon thenon thenon non stop schedule em embod bod os cs many manyadvantages manyadvantages manyadvantages advantages prov d ng rig greater rel reI ref a ab ab ab b 1 I ty of serv ce and el m nat not ng rig the thehazards thehazards thehazards hazards of landing landmg in an unprotected unprotectedharbors unprotectedharbors unprotectedharbors unprotectedharborsNew harbors harborsNew New York to Rome Ovcrnigl OverDlgl Overntgi tSpeed tSpeed t tSpeed Speed will be an in ur portant factor Passengers w 11 II ll be able to cross theAtlantic theAtlantic the JAtlantic Atlantic in only a little httle more tIme tImethan timethan timethan than it now requires to go by tram train tramfrom trainfrom trainfrom from New York to Chicago Leav Leavillg Leaving Leaving illg ing Ne v York in the morning mornmg the thesh thesh thesh sh ps w II be m ill Italy the next after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon Fast scheduled rail and a r rconnectJons rconnections rconnections connectJons connections available at Rome w 1 11 ] 11put 11put put the traveler and mail mall into Paris ParisLondon ParisLondon PansLondon London Beri Berl n Budapest and other otherImportant otherimportant otherimportant Important European cit Clt es the same sameeven sameeven sameeven even ng or the follong follow follo\\ follo \ ng rig morning mornmg- mornmg morning- mornmg36 morning36 - 36 to 40 hours out of New YorkCooperating York YorkCooperating Co-operating Co operating Co-operatmg operatmg - - with Igor S korsky m in mdes indes mdcs des gnmg gning tile the sh p is Michael E EGluharelf EGluhareff EGluhareff Gluharelf Gluhareff chief of design for Un t ted ted ted ed Aircraft AJrcraft corporation corporatJon The dread dreadnaught dreadnaught dreadnaught naught , , already thoroughly tested testedby testedby testedby by the United Umted States navy has a awmg awing awing wmg wing span of 124 feet an overall overallhull overallhull overallhull hull length of 79 feet 3 inches mches and anda a maximum hull beam of 10 feet feetThree feetThree feetThree Three separate tanks concealed concealcd In Inthe inthe inthe the wings wmgs will carry 3 900 gallons of offuel offuel offuel fuel making makmg th\ th the thnon th \ . > , non stop fhght flight fhghtacross flightacross flightacross across the Atlantic Atlanttc entirely feasIble feasIbleThe feasibleThe feasibleThe The sh p w 11 II ll be powred powt-red powt red powtred pow - < -red red - with foureng foureng four foureng eng nes producing 1 200 horsepower horsepowereach horsepowereach horsepowereach each |