CENTENARY AIR RACE MACHINES
FOUR. DIFFERENT TYPES COMPARED Four widely-different types of aeroplane which Lave performed well in the Centenary air race are compared in the following- table, three of the machines mentioned, the de Havilland Comet and Rapide and the Miles Hawk, being- of British construction, and the Douglas, an American craft:—
In the case of the New Zealand Centenary Air Race Committee’s de Havilland Eapide, extra tanks have been fitted for the forthcoming 1 transtasman flig’ht, enabling l 240 gallons of petrol to be carried and increasing- the range to about 2000 miles. There are three in the.present crew.
D.H. COMET. DOUGLAS. MILES HAWIC D.II. DRAGON RAPIDE. Long-range CommercialLight, _ club or private. Commercialracer. passenger. passenger. Description Cantilever Low-wing Low-wing cantimonoplane. monoplane. lever monoBiplane. plane. 2 Gipsy Sixes, 2 Wright Cyc1 Gipsy Major, 2 Gipsy Sixes, 224 h.p. lones, 710 h.p. 130 h.p. 200 h.p. Span 44ft. 85ft. 33ft. 48ft. 29ft. 60ft. 24ft. 34ft. 9ft. 16ft. 6ft 8in. 9ft lOin. Weight, loaded .. 5250 lb. 17,5001b. 18001b. 50001b. Speed, maximum 234 m.p.h. 210 m.p.h. 140 m.p.h. 163 m.p.h. Cruising 200. 190. 120. 140. Range 3000 miles. 2200 miles. 1200 miles, (extra tanks). 600 miles. Construction Wood-fabric. Metal. Wood-fabric. Wood-fabric. Crow 2. 3. 2. 2. Passengers Nil. 18. Nil. 8. Undercarriage .... Retractable. Retractable. b’ixcd. Fixed. Petrol capacity ... 258 gals. 510 gals. 60 gals. 80 gals.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 287, 1 November 1934, Page 2
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224CENTENARY AIR RACE MACHINES Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 287, 1 November 1934, Page 2
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