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1924
1924 - 0144.PDF
MARCH 13, 1924 THE "P.5" OR PHCENIX "CORK" FLYING BOAT, And Some Other Products of the English Electric Co., Ltd, A BRANCH of the English Electric Co., Ltd., whose ramifications extend very far afield indeed, and who have works at Bradford, Coventry, Preston, Rugby and Stafford, the aircraft works of the E.E.C., are established at Preston, Lancashire, while more recently a smaller works at Lytham has been taken over. At Preston and Lytham a great deal of interesting work is being and has been carried out, but this is work about which the general public hears relatively little, as the machines built there are to the order of the Air Ministry, and may not, therefore, be referred to in detail. Now, however, the well worth a closer examination, as it incorporates certain features and improvements which not only placed it well ahead of certain much-used types at the time of its inception, but which make it even today a machine of very considerable merits. As an example, it may be mentioned that one of the " P.5 " boats taking part in the development flight during 1922 acquitted itself so well of its task that it was regarded by many as being one of the best machines to take part, and this in spite of the fact that the actual machine was at the time already four years old. The Phoenix "Cork," or " P.5," of the English Electric Company. This machine is fitted with two Rolls- Royce "Eagle" engines. Three-quarter front view. restrictions surrounding one of the E.E.C. machines have been relaxed, and it has become possible to give an illus trated description of it in FLIGHT. This machine, known variously as the " P.5 " (the works type number) and the Phcenix " Cork" (the Air Ministry name), although it cannot claim the interest attaching to the most recent types, having been built as long ago as 1918, is nevertheless very The Phoenix "Cork " The responsibility for the design of the " P.5 " rests with Mr. W. O. Manning, chief designer to the English Electric Company. Mr. Manning is, of course, well known in aviation circles, having been actively engaged in design and construc tion since the early days of flying. Thus it may be recol lected that he was largely responsible for the somewhat The " P.5 ' on the water. 144
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