BRITAIN'S LARGEST AEROPLANE
NEW PASSENGER MACHINE ON TEST FLIGHT
FIRST OF LARGE ORDER FOR
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
(BttiTisH omCIAL WiKELIdS.)
RUGBY, January 24
One of the world's largest aircraft, the first of 14 Armstrong-Whitworth Ensign monoplanes, built at Hambie for Imperial Airways, was seen by the public for the first time yesterThe machine, which is Britain's largest passenger air-liner, had its first test flight to-day. It is so huge that trees and fences had to be removed to permit its entrance to the aerodrome. It has. a wingspan of 123 ft an over-all length of 114 ft, and a full load weight of 42 tons. Fitted with four 880 horse-power engines, it has a top speed of 200 miles an hour and a cruising speed of 165 miles an hour. The landing wheels are six feet high and the wings are 20ft from the ground. Tha machine carries 42 passengers.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22310, 26 January 1938, Page 11
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