A great monoplane built on the "inhabited wing" principle. In this type of "wing-only" plane, passengers, crew, freight, engines and fuel were all accommodated in the thick wings instead of in the fuselage. The aircraft was designed as a long distance freight-carrier rather than a passenger plane. From The Wonder Book of Science, published 1930's.

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