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FLIGHT, JANUARY 16, 1931 ON IMPERIAL SERVICE: The Short "Calcutta" is fitted with three Bristol "Jupiter" Engines (FLIGHT Plwto.) SOME ASPECTS OF THE DESIGN OF SEA-GOING AIRCRAFT By A. GOUGE, B.Sc, A.F.R.Ae.S., General Manager of Short Brothers Being a lecture delivered before the ltoy.il Aeronautical Society on January 8, 1931R EADERS of FLIGHT will know that we have constantly advocated an extensive and bold flying-boat policy for British aircraft constructors. There is not the ^lightest doubt that the future of aircraft in the British ^Empire lies far more with flying-boats than with land aircraft. Mhc British Empire is essentially an Empire which has, for Smtration.s, been held together by the seaworthiness of both KT ships and her men, and it therefore seems only logical •hat she should, in the future, bo held together by'the sea- worthiness of her aircraft and her men. It is well known that we have constantly deprecated both the abortive and •He successful flights which have been made over wide expanses of water in land aircraft, since such could never be "tlier than spectacular stunts, and since sane and solid •'evelopment of overseas flights must lie in the development " sea-going aircraft. On Thursday, January 8, Mr. A. delivered the following exceptionally interesting paper the Royal Aeronautical Society. The mass of interest- • f. information which Mr. Gouge has placed before everyone,11 ins paper, will be welcomed. Mr. Gouge has had "very nany years'experience with Short Bros, of" Rochester, who • everyone knows, have produced some of the most sea- cver-r -m°St airworthy. which means most efficient in v direction, flying-boats at present existent, and whose Df aTr7 on the construction, operation and maintenance e-ini nSUltable for testing out the characteristics of both ipiane floats and flying-boat hulls must rank amongst the imnortant work which has been done by any one fron m f Tm im this country- So valuable is the informa- it in f?,M r , m Mr- Goug°'s lecture, that below we publish President- u nthe Master of Sempill, in the absence of the connect R' Fairey> who was abroad in Belgium in las bfJni W , the recent order for Fairey aircraft which remark" , ' the Bsl8ian Government, in his opening »"*" thf"fi-v£ the assembly that Monday, January 12, s »m allmversary of the Society, during which "time in?• H n °m SOme 30 members, to over 4,000. He 0, <'au^ed Mr. Gouge as the Chief Designer of Short lecture ._ chester> who proceeded then to give the following ThR 'hich niari'eCt llave to talk about this evening is one on ' ^"y Previous papers have been read before this m t aiT\a a'd ^ must ask you not to expect much en i jiatenal from me. Practically the whole of the *'-^ce aVHe ,gathered together is the result of practical •e tme m thlS Point of view J hoPe jt wiu prove 59 During recent years, considerable development has been done, and good progress made with both the design and operation of big flying-boats. Also, the Schneider Cup races have caused a considerable amount of research work to be done on the development of twin-float seaplanes, particularly with regard to taking oft the water at very high speeds, and also to the air resistance of the floats. In the last year we have seen the advent of the Dornier Do. X, the largest flying-boat yet constructed, whose total flying weight approximates to 50 tons. This, in itself, is an immense stop forward, and all credit is due to Dr. Dornier for his courage in conceiving, and his skill in producing, a boat considerably more than twice the weight of any "heavier- than-air " machine previously attempted. While we have nothing in England which is nearly equal to the Do. X, in weight and size, we have, however, during the last three months, produced a successful boat which has flown at an all-up weight of 40,000 lb. approximately. Recent years have also seen the successful development of the British flying-boat for passenger and mail-carrying work, and along these lines we may expect, in the near future, very rapid extensions, for it is impossible to link up (SDOD PLVNG BOAT - DISPLACEMENT 36200 LBS. 54000 2iXKfo / TAKE rwr <R2lKOn FKxl 22 26 30 54SPEED IN KNOTS 36 4-2 46 30 TWIN FLOAT SEAPLANE DISPLACEMENT 21,000 LBS. Zsopo — FK.IA -.-^.....,.". 26 50 i4 SPEED IN KNOTS SO
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