FLYING HOSPITAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22464, 7 July 1936, Page 6

FLYING HOSPITAL

AMBULANCE MONOPLANE

NEW BRITISH PRODUCTION [from OUR OWN correspondent] LONDON. Vune 6 Visitors to the International Aero Exhibition at Stockholm studied ■with interest the Monospar twin-engined ambulance monoplane which replaced at the last minute on the British stand the Percival Vega Gull originally scheduled for show. Among them was Prince Carl, head of the Swedish Red Cross, who spent much time examining the ingenious equipment of the machine..

Mr. McPhail, who flew the aeroplane to Stockholm, landed in a small roped-ofE patch of land near the exhibition building. From there it was manhandled into the hall, and placed in position with one wing folded. Deriving power from two Pobjoy Niagara 111. 88/95 h.p. air-cooled radial motors, the Monospar ambulance is structurally similar to the touring aeroplanes made by the General Aircraft concern. It is intended for the transport of persons who are seriously sick, wounded or injured. Its fittings include specially designed stretcher, coverings and racks to carry all kinds of medical stores and instruments, oxygen cylinders, and an oxygen " tent " which enables the doctor or nurse to administer oxygen efficiently and economically while the machine is flying. A bloodtransfusion apparatus is also carried. Working and navigational equipment includes electrical engine starters, radio transmitter and receiver, direction finder, and " blind " flying instruments. All fittings are chromiumplated and white enamelled. Externally the ambulance is finished in white with the Geneva red cross on both sides of the fuselage.