World's largest land plane is all-metal cabin monoplane; engines mounted entirely within wings; thick enough to contain men standing upright; stepping stone between present conventional airplane and flying wing; four Junkers engines develop 2400 hp.; wing span 147.5 feet.; top speed 125 m.p.h.; effective sweepback; fuselage of open-section profiles riveted; power-plant installation; 13,200 to 24,300 lb. useful load. (See also Aviation vol. 28, no. 3, Jan. 18, 1930 pp. 113-117, 7 figs; and Airway Age, vol. 11, no. 3, Mar. 1930, p. 398, 3 figs)
The junkers G-38
Modern Transport
Modern Transport ; 22 , n 561
1929
3 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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