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NOVEMBER 15, 1934. FLIGHT. 1207 | SHORT " SCION" j j Two 90 h.p. Pobjoy " Niagara " \ Type : 6-seater Transport : Length : Wing span ... i Tare weight i Disposable load : Gross weight i Max. speed : Cruising speed : Landing speed : Sen'ice ceiling : Range ; The machine is also a\ i seaplane. Monoplane, j 31 ft. 6 in. (9,0 HI) 42 ft. 0 in. (12,8 m) i 1,7101b. (770 kg) 1 1,340 lb. (008 kg) j 3,050 lb. 1 383 kg) . 125 m.p.h. (2V0 kmjli) . 102ra.p.h. (lOtkmlh) \ 50 m.p.h. (SO km'U) 13,000 ft. (3 970 m) 380 miles (fill! km) \ ailable as a twin-float ; ing boat design, Short Brothers have also produced several land planes. Recent types are the '' Scylla '' four-engined commercial aeroplane, and the " Scion," a small twin-engined monoplane, with accommodation for five passengers. The '' Scylla '' has exactly the same superstructure, i.e. wings and engine in- stallation, as the "Kent" class flying boat. A sister plane is named " Syrinx." Both were built for Imperial Airways. The pilot's cabin is in the extreme nose of the fuselage. Behind it is the forward passengers' cabin, with seating accommodation for ten persons. This compartment is specially designed to permit smoking. In the adjacent space is located the well-equipped buffet. Twenty-eight passengers are accom- modated in the very large after cabin. The seats are alternately reversed, and a table is provided between each 1wo rows of passengers. The after cabin is 21 ft. 10 in. long, 10 ft. 4m. mean width, and 7ft. mean height. One of the most economical "feeder line " aeroplanes ever built is the little Short " Scion." With two Pobjoy "Niagara " engines of but 90 h.p. each, this machine carries pilot and five passen- gers at cruising speed of 102 m.p.h. The " Scion " has also been flown as a twin- fl:>at seaplane. The pay load is then a little smaller, but the performance is almost the same. | SHORT "RANGOON" j Three 510 h.p. Bristol " Jupiler " XI F j ; T\pe: Long-range Reconnaissance Flying Boat. j ; Length • Wing span: Upper Lower I Tare weight Disposable load Gross weight ' ... Max. speed • Cruising speed Landing speed Climb Range Absolute ceiling ... B6 ft. Oin. (20,12 m) \ ... 03 ft. Oin. (28,35 m) j ... 7« ft. 0 in. (23,10 m) \ ... 14,000 Ib. (6 350 kg) j 8,500 lb. (3 85G kg) j ... 22,50(1 lb. (10 206 kg) \ ... 115 m.p.h. (1S5 kmjh) \ ... 95 m.p.h. (153 km;it) j 80 m.p.h. (97 kmjh) \ 550 ft./min. (166 m/«im) ... 1,000 miles (1609 km) \ ... 12,000 ft. (3 658 in) j i HANDLEY PAGE LTD. Automatic stability was the aim of Mr. F. Handley Page when he began to experiment in 1910 or so. In more recent times his firm has pursued a similar ideal along different lines, the slot and adjuncts thereto. ALMOST from the earliest days of fly-ing, or at any rate from 1917 onwards, the name Handley Page has been associated with large aircraft. The firm has designed and built small machines, but the fact remains that the most successful have been large machines. Fairly recently the firm has received repeat orders for a batch of " Hey fords." These are twin-engined night bombers, the Handley Page works series number being H.P.50. The " Hey ford" is a somewhat un- orthodox biplane in that the fuselage is placed immediately under the upper wing, a position which gives a very fine fighting view and field of fire for the crew. The 525 h.p. Rolls-Royce "Kestrel " engines are also placedunder and slightly ahead of the upper wing. Normally a crew of four is carried:Pilot, navigator, W/T operator, and after gunner. From a fighting point ofview perhaps the most interesting feature of the " Hey ford " is the rotating gunturret in the fuselage. This turret can be lowered, and is placed some distancebehind the trailing edge of the lower wing, so that the gunner obtains a verygood position for protecting the tail of the machine. There is no gun positionin the extreme stern. The equipment of the '' Heyford '' in-cludes an automatic pilot, which on long flights at night or in bad visibility keepsthe machine on its course with greater accuracy than could a human pilot. Also,of course, the automatic pilot relieves the human pilot of a considerableamount of work and fatigue. Perhaps the best known of recentHandley Page commercial aeroplanes' is the type 42, or " Hannibal class," asit is called from the first of these machines delivered to Imperial Air-ways. This is "a four-engined biplane, with two engines placed on the lowerwings and two under the upper wings. The cabin of the '' Hannibal'' is notedfor its comfort and absence of noise. It has accommodation for 38 passengers. Actually the H.P.42 is used by Im-perial Airways in two forms, known as the " Western " and " Eastern " typesrespectively. The two differ mainly in internal equipment, the "Eastern"type having fewer seats (up to 28), partly to provide more airy cabins forth'.> hot climate, and partly because longer stages have to be covered, whichmeans extra fuel tankage is necessary. With four "Jupiter" engines the HANDLEY PAGE "HEYFORD' Two 525 h.p. Rolls-Royce " Kestrel III "' Type : Night Bomber. I ength Wing span ... Weight, loaded Max. speed Range Service ceiling These data relate to the Mark I. The Mark II has an improved performance. 58 ft. 0 in. (17,7 m) 75 ft. 0 in. (22,9 m) 16,7501b. (7S0Okg) 142 m.p.h. (22H kmlh) At 13,000 ft. (4 000 m) 920 miles (J 500 km) 21,000 ft. (6 M0 m)
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