LONG-RANGE FLYINGBOATS
MACHINES IN EMPIRE FLEET TO MAKE TRIALS (BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.) RUGBY, December 17. Two of the flying-boats of the Empire fleet, which are being built by the Short Company for Imperial Airways, are intended for longrange experiments. The first of these craft is now in Southampton being prepared for long-distance trials. It is equipped with a fuel tank of 2320 gallons capacity, and at a cruising speed of 160 miles an hour its possible range in still air is 3300 miles. The crew numbers three, and the commercial load consists of 1000 pounds avoirdupois of mails. There will be no passenger accommodation in this craft, which differs from the standard boats in the new fleet by being laden up to a weight of 45,000 pounds, against 40,500 of the standard craft.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21970, 19 December 1936, Page 15
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