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POWERFUL PLANES FOR IMPERIAL AIRWAYS British Official Wireless (Received June 4, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, June 3. The first of the Armstrong Whitworth Ensign air liners fitted with improved Tiger engines will be delivered to Imperial Airways next week. It is expected that the remaining thirteen Ensigns will be delivered at the rate of one weekly. These aircraft in which the controls have been made to work more easily, will now have at their service an extra 220 horse power for the take-off. It is proposed to try the American Wright Cyclone engines hi the same aircraft.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21363, 5 June 1939, Page 7
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98EASIER CONTROL Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21363, 5 June 1939, Page 7
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