NEW BRITISH AIRLINERS
British Official Wireless. (Received ( 12th July, 11 a.m.)
RUGBY, 11th July. Sis British air liners of the latest type have been ordered by the Belgian Government for air lines in the , Congo. These machines are of the type ' which is known as the Westland Wessex. They, are triple-engined monoplanes, driven by three Genet-Major engines, giving a total horse-power of 300. Accommodation is provided for s'passengers, pilot, and navigator, and the machine with a full load can fly with any one of its three engines stopped. It is to Be used over long tracts of jungle, where a forced landing would be particularly unpleasant-
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 11, 12 July 1930, Page 9
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106NEW BRITISH AIRLINERS Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 11, 12 July 1930, Page 9
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