BRITISH AIR LINERS.
SIX ORDERED BY BELGIUM. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, July 11. Six British air liners of the latest type have been ordered by the Belgium Government for air lines in the Congo. These machines, which are known as Westland Wessex, are triple-engined monoplanes driven by three Genet Major engines, giving a total horsepower of 300. Accommodation is provided for five passengers, the pilot and the navigator, and the machine, with a full load, can fly with any one of its three engines stopped. The machines are to be used in flights over long tracts of jungle, where a forced landing would be particularly unpleasant.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18618, 14 July 1930, Page 8
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108BRITISH AIR LINERS. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18618, 14 July 1930, Page 8
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