BRITISH AIR FLEET.
GIANT FLYING-BOAT,.
WORK IN EMPIRE AREAS*
LONDON, June 23.
Tho world's biggest military flying boat has been completed for the Ijioyal Air Force, says the aeronautical correspondent of tho Times.
Tho machine weighs 33 tons, and 'is more than twice the weight of tho next biggest airboat at present in use. Ifc i> intended to operate on long periods from
its base. The lieiv aircraft represents an important experiment in the evolution of the long-range reconnaissance machine. It is for duty in distant parts Empire. The hull, which is built of duralumin, is 89ift. long and 31£ ft. deep. The span of the biplane wings is 120 ft. Between the wings is a- set of six 825 horse-power Rolls-Royce Buzzard engines, in three tandem pairs. " Tho craft carries a crew of 10. It should hi capable of weathering anything but ocean gales.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21223, 1 July 1932, Page 11
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