Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1916 — New Seaplane for the Navy. [ARTICLE]

New Seaplane for the Navy.

The government is building at the Washington navy yard a large seaplane for the navy. All parts of this new plane will be built and assembled at the navy yard with the exception of the motors. The plane is nearing completion and when finished will have taken about three months to build. It is the first of this particular type to be built entirely at the Washington navy yard. The new seaplane is a biplane with a 60-foot span and of 6,000-pounds weight. It will be provided with two motors, and will be by far the largest aircraft in the possession of the navy. It will probably be ready for a final test In another month. All of the navy aeroplanes are of the hydroaeroplane type. For landing after a flight and for rising into the air a fair-sized body of water is necessary, as it is quite impossible for these machines to rise or come back to earth by means of land. Consequently pilots of seaplanes have it instilled into them from days of early training that they can fly only in the vicinity of large territories which embrace lakes, bays, seas, etc.