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Show ; Giant Caproui Plane to Carry 100 People NEW YORK, Jan. 27. A giant Ca-pronl Ca-pronl plane being constructed near Milan Mi-lan to carry 100 passengers, was described de-scribed today by Augustus A. Post before be-fore the state aviation commission, Mr.- Post recently returned from Europe, Eu-rope, where he was sent by the ero club to study aviation. He told of aeronautic advances in England, Franco, Italy and Belgium, declaring "aviation Is much further advanced than In the United States." The Caproni will be ready for trials in a short time, he declared. It is driven by motors which have three thousand horsepower and is only one of the spacious models of passenger planes being built for extensive air transportation lines in Europe. "In England," ho continued, "routes are already mapped out from England to India as well as down through Africa. Af-rica. In France the government also is fostering the extension of air lines planning to join northern Africa to Paris. The Belgians and Italians are making plans on similar lines." |