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DECE5MBER 3, 1925 THE "KINGSTON" METAL-HULL FLYING BOAT An Interesting Development by the English Electric Company OWING to the fact that they have all been constructed for the Air Ministry, it has not been possible to refer in great detail to most of the machines produced by the English Electric company at their aircraft works at Preston, Lancashire, i^rom time to time we have been able to publish photographs of such machines as have been released for publication by the Air Ministry, and this week we are able to give a general development under review, the boat hull is an entirely new departure, not only because it is of metal construction, but equally on account of certain unusual features in its design. The special features of the " Kingston," and this applies to the earlier wooden-hull type as well as to the more recent metal-hull machine, are found in the arrangement of the engines and in the disposition of the wings, the upper of which THE " KINGSTON " METAL-HULL FLYING BOAT : This photograph shows the machine in three-quarter front view, and illustrates several unusual features, particularly as regards the form of the planing bottom ahead of the step. illustrated description of a fairly recent type, the " Kingston," the latest edition of which was successfully tested a few- weeks ago. The English Electric Company's " Kingston " is a rive- seater reconnaissance boat type fitted with two Napier '' Lion '' engines. In its original form the machine had the usual resilient mahogany-planked hull, but in the more recent has a pronounced dihedral, while the lower wing is perfectly straight. Although it is not permitted to give full detailed dimensions of the " Kingston," it may be stated, in order to give some idea of the size of the machine, that the top plane has a span of 85 ft. 6 in. The wings are of normal construction, that is to say, with wooden spars and ribs, and metal fittings. The TWF " KINGSTON " METAL-HULL FLYING BOAT : Three-quarter rear view. Note the unusual shape of the *" engine nacelles. 791 " . D
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