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accommodation aeroplane Air Force Air France Airbus aircraft airliner airship all-metal altitude armament biplane bomber bombload bombs built cabin cantilever capability cargo carried compartment configuration construction conventional crew Dornier Do X Douglas entered service equipment fin and rudder flew flight deck flown flying flying-boat fuel fuselage Germany giant glider Handley Handley Page Victor Heinkel helicopter Hughes H-4 Hercules hull incorporated installation Junkers Junkers Ju 322 km/h Latécoère 631 lb st loading Lockheed long-range machine-guns main units maximum military Mistel monoplane mounted nacelles Navy nose operational passengers payload pilot Power was provided powered by four Pratt & Whitney pressurised propellers prototype provided by four radial engines rear reconnaissance role rotor Second World Short Brothers Sikorsky speed strategic structure tail unit tanks transport tricycle landing gear Tupolev Tupolev Tu-114 turbojets USAF wheels wing leading-edge Zeppelin