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1936
1936 - 0306.PDF
ADVERTISEMENTS. JANUARY 30, i936. THE DURABILITY OF 44 , M »» ENGINES A Pegasus I.M. engine despatched in 1932 was recently returned for overhaul after 500 hours running. When tested it showed a drop in H.P. of only ONE per cent. B.H.P. at Rated Altitude. (4,500 ft.) 565/590 Official Rating. B.H.P. at Rated Boost. (Zero) 520/540 Powers before despatch. 583 542 Powers after 500 hours. 575 536 When the engine was eventually stripped, nothing needed renewing except a few rocker buttons, valve springs, piston rings and gaskets. B.H.P. at Max. Boost. (+1 lb.) 565/590 586 RELIABILITY and DURABILITY THE BRISTOL AEROPLANE CO., LTD. FILTON BRlSTOj. Printed in England for the Proprietors and Publishers. FLIGHT PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED. Dorset House. Stamford Street, London, SJS.1- -gmitli. CORNWALL PRESS LTD., 1-6, Paris Garden, Stamford Street, London, S.E.I. "Flight" can be obtained abroad from the "following : FRANCE: J*^,'|' ie jjas " Son. 248. Rue Rivoli, Paris; Hachette et Cie, Rue Reaumur, Paris, and branches. BELGIUM: W. H. Smith & Son, 71-75 FRANCE : "• '\ >ux Boulevard AdoU I»• w i CW.A.), and H ' ahaba» Brussels. AUSTRALIA: Gordon & Gotch, Ltd., Melbourne (Victoria), Sydney (N.S.W.), Brisbane (Queensland), Adelaide (S.A.), Perth fc..,_ .. iTasmania). NEW ZEALAND: Gordon k Gotch, Ltd.. Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin, INDIA: A. H. Wheeler & Co., Bomhaj. ••- ftici; and Calcutta. CANADA: Imperial News Co., Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver; Benjamin News Co., Montreal; Gordon & Gotch, Ltd., Toronto, soulJr I1€r. Central News Agencv, Ltd. UNITED STATES : The International News Co., New York. Entered at New York Post Office as second-class nw
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