AVIATION
CONTROLLABLE PITCH PROPELLERS
STEADY PROGRESS IN PRODUCTION
(British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright
RUGBY. January 8
Tho production of controllable pitch airscrews in Britain, which -dates from the acquisition in, 1934 of certain American patents by the De Havilland Company, is making steady progress. Tho manufacturers have contracts aggregating several hundred thousand pounds. Controllable pitch airscrews will be fitted to 29 new large hying boats under order for addition to Imperial Airways’ commercial fleet. A variable pitch propeller increases operational speeds and eases the loads imposed on the engine.
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Evening Star, Issue 22233, 10 January 1936, Page 7
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