POWERFUL NEW BRITISH PLANES
[British Official Wlreless.l (Received 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, May 24,
The first test flights of new fourengined monoplanes, two of which have been ordered by the Air Ministry for experimental flights across the Atlantic, are expected to be made toward the end of this year. When the aeroplanes have completed their performance trials they will be tried experimentally over the Atlantic.
The name "Albatross” has been given to the new monoplanes, which have a maximum speed of nearly 250 m.p.h. and a cruising speed of more than 200 m.p.h. They will be powered with four Gipsy 12-cylinder engines, and each machine will have a gross weight of 25.000 lbs. The design embodies the latest devices fcr reducing drag. The engines will be air cooled and will be the most powerful yet built by the De Havilland Company. They will incorporate lessons learned in the operation and servicing of the smaller Gipsy engines, which have been used for a great number of record flights, including those of Mrs. Amy Mollison to the Cape and back.
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Northern Advocate, 25 May 1936, Page 5
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