BIGGEST FLYING BOAT
HULL 100 FEET, LONG TO TAKE 40 PASSENGERS SIX-ENGINE MONOPLANE / A BRITISH .CONCEPTION British Official Wireless. Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, Sept. 17. The biggest British flying-boat ever made is to be constructed at the supermarine works at Southampton. It will have six Rolls-Royce engines of 3700 h.p., extremely comfortable accommodation for 40 passengers, and a range of 1000 miles, enabling it to make long journeys with only occasional descents for fuel. It will be a monoplane and its huge wing, with 140 feet span, will be six feet thick and will accommodate luggage and stores. ' * Many new features are included in the design of the 100-feet, long hull. The pilots and engineers will have. the upper deck; with the navigation bridge to themselves above the passengers’ quarters, giving a'qcess to th© wing and the engines. The machine will be all metal and will weigh fully loaded 33 tons.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1930, Page 7
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