US Transatlantic Giant Flying Boat,on Aero Digest of 1926

[hesham]

Hi,

here is a US transatlantic flying boat project,it had a tandem three wing,it appeared
in Aero Digest,maybe in 1926,but it was familiar to me,do we make a discussing about
it before ?.

A transatlantic giant plane is recommended Armin de Muth in the American journal ,, Aero Digest "in the advertising section to build. The plane should fly in 20 hours of Newyork on the Azores to London and carry 50 passengers. The aircraft has three consecutive supporting decks

http://www.luftfahrt-bibliothek.de/zeitschrift-flugsport-oskar-ursinus-luftsport-luftfahrt-luftverkehr/luftsport-luftfahrt-luftverkehr-flugsport-1926/zeitschrift-flugsport-1926-luftsport-luftverkehr-luftfahrt.htm

 

[Cy-27]

The “de Muth All Metal Trans-Oceanic Monotriplane” was seen in an Aero Digest advert in March 1926 (see attached). It was the brainchild of Armin de Muth based in New York’s Fifth Avenue. De Muth was of German origin and models were tested by Professor Edward P. Warner of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In May 1926 the address had changed to Madison Avenue and the aircraft was promoted as a military transport. At this time the marketing referred to DEMAC (De Muth American Aircraft Corporation) as the company name.

The commercial service was planned to start in 1927. It was to fly up to 50 passengers and two tons of freight from New York to London via the Azores in 20 hours. The engines were to be eight Packard 800hp motors. The aircraft was described in Popular Science Monthly (May 1926) as all metal construction and unsinkable. The aircraft length was to be 147 feet.

An advertisement from July 1926 explained that seven of these flying boats could carry 500 troops from the west coast of the US to Hawaii in seventeen hours. The advert described the type as “modern Super-Dreadnaughts of the air”.

I can find no other reference to the aircraft after 1926, perhaps someone else can help?

As an aside, there was an advertisement placed in the June 1926 issue of Aero Digest for the De Muth American Aircraft Corporation All-metal Super-Marine Hydroglider “for Commercial and Governmental Purposes”. Unfortunately no photograph was featured in the advert, although the DEMAC company logo was shown.

Sources:

Aero Digest 1926
Popular Science Monthly 1926

 

[hesham]

Amazing find my dear Cy-27,many thanks.

 

[hesham]

From Ailes,

it was a real one ?.

 

[Bazinga]

It was advertised briefly in 1926 and promised for 1927. I guess it didn't take off...