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Junkers’ land. plane, largest of its in the world, -is soon to fly, The er-Junkers is an all-metal machine, wi cabins stretching to its wings, and enough room even in-the wing-tips fora man to stand erect, The span aver all is 148 feet, the Jength 75 fect, and the height 16. feet, Motored with a total of 2400 horsepower, the plane will carry. 40: passengers in- its Inxurious cabing.. It ia an improvement as as. interior appointments are concerned, over the great DO-X, “Blind” Fliers Travel in Circles Lm men Jost in blizzards or wandering in deserts, pilots who fly blindfold: are apt. to travel in circles, Thig haa ‘been determined in 8 series of tests carried out by the National Advisory. Committee for Aeronautics. Every pilat. tented ‘blindfold failed’ to maintain a straight coursé for any appreciable time;.and each soon brought the plane into o nked turn which ended in a-diving spiral, The flights prove that some méans of visual reference must be provided; either by the bori- (Continued on page 1043) comichoolks.conn 4 ¥,