BRITISH AIR SERVICES
NEW FLYING BOAT TESTED
(British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Feb 24 \n all-metal flying boat;which will be' used by Imperial Airways on the Mediterranean: section ol the Indian and African rout os -had - a successful trial at Rochester to-day, . It is the first completed ol .mice on order with Messrs Short L'-os-, The machine weighs 14 tons has lorn Bristol Jupiter engines, devekpiu <2IOO horse power, and is capable, or 130 miles per hour.. M w.l seat o passengers and cun Y-arry U toils of U 1 Engine noise will be reduced to a minimum in the saloon by the use of sound insulation , material boUten the saloon covering and the outei skin of the hull. „ . , . When the three new flying boats are in commission, Imperial Airways will have a fleet of 31 aircraft, cleveolping a total of 48,C00 horse power . d
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11451, 27 February 1931, Page 7
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