BRITISH AIR FLEET.
New Monoplanes for Imperial Airways. LINERS FOR AFRICAN ROUTE. (British Official Wireless.) EUGBY, July 7. Part of the fleet of eight large monoplanes intended for use on the African routes by Imperial Airways, Limited, is now undergoing final tests at Coventry at the works of the Armstrong-Whit-worth Company. The whole fleet will be completed within a few weeks. Each machine, when fully loaded, will weigh 8J tons. Each hae a span of 00ft, and is powered with four double Mongoose 340 horse-power air-cooled radial motors, and is designed to meet the difficult flying conditions characteristic of the African airways. The aerodromes between Cairo and Capetown are situated more than .'soooft above sea level and the new liners are designed to operate normally at a height of 9000 ft. Even with one of the four motors stopped the craft will be among the fastest civil aeroplanes yet built.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 160, 8 July 1932, Page 7
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