STRATOPLANE DETAILS.
FAST BRITISH MACHINES.
(British Official Wireless.; RUGBY, March 2b
Additional details oi the I‘airey stratoplanos lor Hying at gicate. heights than is at present practicable with passengers are announced. Fourteen ot these airliners have been ordered by the Air Ministi y . They will embody pressure cabins ol a more advanced kind than those ol any air-liner at present in service oi beyond the experimental stage. In the cabins the normal ground level atmospheric pressure will he maintained up to a height of 15,000 feet. Accommodation will he provided for 30 passengers. This typo ol airliner is designed to attain a maximum speed ol 2/o miles ail hour and has four engines, each of 1000 liorsepowei.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 99, 27 March 1939, Page 7
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117STRATOPLANE DETAILS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 99, 27 March 1939, Page 7
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