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Based on a year's study, the specifications for the new plane fill 195 pages, are the most complete ever drafted. In general the standardized supership will resemble the famed Douglas DC2 and the new DST, but it will be nearly twice the former's size, with 140-ft. wingspread, 95-ft. length, 25-ton weight, four motors. Able to seat 40 passengers or sleep 20, it will have a top speed of 230 m.p.h., a cruising speed of 210 at 75% horsepower, will be able to fly coast-to-coast with two stops in 13 hours, from...
...monoplanes became dominant in U. S. air transport, United Air Lines has steadily patronized Boeing, while its rivals, American and TWAirlines, have done most of their buying from Douglas. Last week United also became a patron of Douglas by ordering ten of the huge, 24-passenger Douglas Sleeper Transports (DST), of which American already has 20 on the way. Price...
...step nearer the scheme of five major U. S. airlines to standardize equipment. For months United, American, Eastern Air, TWA and Pan American have discussed burying the competitive hatchet, pooling their resources to pay for a fleet of huge land airliners which would be twice the size of the DST, carry 40 passengers, mount four motors, cost $200,000 apiece. According to the "Big Five," such super-transports would enable the airlines to make money, cease being dependent upon airmail subsidies. At present, air traffic is increasing so rapidly that 14-passenger planes now in service are incapable of handling...
...this came in Army contracts awarded month ago. Some $3,000,000 more came last week from the Navy in a contract for 114 torpedo bomber planes. The remnant is made up of orders for the DC2 and the new DC-3, better known as the DST (Douglas Sleeper Transport...
...DST, 20 of which are being built for American Airlines, has passed its tests, but is not yet in service. Similar to the DC2 in design, it is slightly longer, much fatter. Whereas DC2 seats 14, DST seats 24, has berths for 16. Cruising at 200 m.p.h., it can carry 24,000 lb. gross load, can fly across the continent with only one stop...