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1937
1937 - 0192.PDF
70 FLIGHT. JANUARY at, 1937. mercial work. For example, the fuselage of the machine now being built under licence from the Burnetii concern by the Scottish Ail craft and Engineering Co., Ltd., has a passenger cabin 12 ft. wide. The engines specified for this model are two fully supercharged Rolls-Royce Kestrel XVIs which enable 14 passengers, two pilots and 1,000 lb. of mail to be carried at a maximum speed of 245 m.p.h. A special freighter machine built on the Burnelli principle has been designed. Makers: Scottish Aircraft and Engineering Co., Ltd., Shell- Mex House, Strand, London, W.C.2. SHORT EPITOMISING the excellence of modern commercial British aircraft the Short Empire flying boat is probably the most successful large marine aircraft yet built. Twenty-eight of these machines have been ordered for the Empire routes of Imperial Airways. The Empire boat is a cantilever monoplane with four Bristol Pegasus Xc radials which give a maximum speed of 200 m.p.h. at 5,500 ft. By day, twenty-four passen gers are accommodated in four cabins, and for night operation there are sleeping arrangements for sixteen. The hull has two decks, the upper and lower respectively housing the crew and freight and the passengers. A machine of somewhat similar design to the standard Empire boat will form the lower component of the Short-Mayo composite aircraft, which is virtually a large flying boat earn ing on its back a small heavily loaded twin-float seaplane which would normally be incapable of rising from the water with safety. On reaching a given height the two machines separate, the upper component then being capable of an ex tremely long range with a fair payload. Four fully supercharged Napier Rapier H-type engines are being specified for the upper component (christened Mercury) which is now nearing completion at Rochester. .Makers: Short Bros. (Rochester and Bedford), Ltd., Roches ter, Kent. AGENCIES FOR FOREIGN AIRCRAFT THREE prominent Croydon companies, Surrey Flying Ser vices, Ltd., Rollason Aircraft Services, Ltd., and Brian Allen Aviation, Ltd., are introducing some outstanding Ameri can aircraft to the European market. "Surreys" are handling the Cessna C.34 high-wing canti lever monoplane which carries four people at a cruising speed of 143 m.p.h. for a consumption of less than 7^ gal./hr. and costs ^1,375; the Beechcraft models, the most widely used of which is the C.17, which, with 420 h.p. Wright Whirlwind (Model C.17R) does 202 m.p.h.; the Spartan Executive (a four-five-seater capable of 208 m.p.h. with 420 h.p. Wright) ; and the Fleetwings Sea Bird four-seater amphibian of stain less steel shot-welded construction. Rollasons have acquired the agency for Lockheed types, the most popular of which, at the moment, is the Electra, a ten- passenger monoplane powered with Wasp Juniors or Whirl winds, and capable of over 200 m.p.h. A smaller, newer and faster type is the Lockheed "12," which accommodates six passengers and cruises at 213 m.p.h. The Lockheed Super Electra, now building in the U.S.A., is much larger than either the Electra or "12," and is estimated to be capable of carrying twelve passengers at speeds up to 250 m.p.h. Brian Allen Aviation, Ltd., are handling Stinson machines fitted with Lycoming engines. The most extensively used Stinson model is the Reliant high-wing monoplane, the latest version of which has gull-type wings. With the 225 h.p. Lycoming the Reliant carries pilot, three passengers and 70 lb. of baggage for 400 miles at 137 m.p.h. The three-engined Stinson Model A cruises at 162 ni.p.h. with eight passengers, and the Model B (two 260 h.p. Lycomings), seats six passen gers and carries them at a cruising speed of 160 m.p.h. for 000 miles. The Flight photo graph (right) is of a Lockheed Electra, the agents for which are Rollason Aircraft Services. Below, are (left) the Stin son Reliant, hand led by Brian Allen Aviation, and the Spartan Execu tive, for which Surrey Flying Ser vices are the concessionaires. Aerofilms Move In moved AEROFILMS, LTD., have now premises at Beresford Avenue, forecast in Flight of December 10. views is housed at their London Ald.vych, W.C.2. into their new Wembley, Middlesex, as A library of 50,000 air office at Bush House, "* *•** • *WWWWIWft)iefe-i»^, -" ' ^I^HBkt " r-• -T^frW Sywell Opportunities TT is suggested that Sywell Aerodrome, Northants, would be x an excellent centre for aircraft manufacture. It is centrally placed, well distant from any coast. There are suitable flat sites with power and water available, while a large population surrounding should provide ample labour.
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