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Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina
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The first Douglas DC-4 'flying hotel,' the world's largest airplane, nears completion in Santa Monica, Calif., after two years of construction costing $1,500,000. It includes beauty parlors, lounges, kitchen, bridal suite, and seats 42 passengers at 240 mph with four 1400-hp motors.
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So immense that its giant fuselage appears more the size of a baby blimp than an airplane, the first of the new Douglas DC-4 flying hotels is shown above as it nears completion at Santa Monica, Calif., climaxing two years' construction work and the expenditure of $1,500,000. Beauty parlors with electric curlers for the women, lounges with electric shavers for the men, its own kitchen and even a bridal suite will be housed in the 98-foot long, 25-foot high hull. Workmen are mere dwarfs beside the airliner, which--with a wingspread of 139 feet--will be the largest in the world. Four 1400-horsepower motors will carry its load limit of 42 passengers at a maximum speed of 240 miles an hour.
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Santa Monica, Calif.
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nears completion after two years' construction and $1,500,000 expenditure; will carry 42 passengers at 240 mph.
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The first Douglas DC-4 flying hotel, immense in size with 98-foot long, 25-foot high hull and 139-foot wingspread, features beauty parlors, lounges, kitchen, and bridal suite; powered by four 1400-horsepower motors.