100-Passenger Flying-Boats Ready In 1951
(N.Z.F.A.—Reuter —Copyright.) (.11 a.in.) LONDON, Mar. 28. Britain’s biggest flying-boat, the Saunders-Roe “Princess,” will probablv be launched in December, 1950.
Three of these giant machines, which weigh 140 tons each and will carry 100 passengers across the Atlantic at a cruising speed of over 350 miles an hour, are being built at the SaundersRoe works at Cowes. At a luncheon in London today, it is announced that the other two. which are also in an advanced stage of construction, will fly during 1951. Another four which have been ordered will be ready for delivery between 1952 and 1953.
These machines wrre ordered by the Ministry of Supply and are due for delivery to British South American Airways Corporation.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22907, 29 March 1949, Page 5
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