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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 1021.PDF
MAY I8TH, 1944 529 ring Attitudes Vickers-Armstrongs Walrus II amphibian. TRACING its ancestry back to the Supermarine Baby single-seater flying boat of 1918, the Vickers-Armstrongs Walrus as we know it to-day was first built to an Australian order in IQ 35- Familiarly known to the Fleet Air Arm as the "Shag- bat," it is still doing valuable service in many waters, includ ing that of ambulance with the Air/Sea Rescue Service. Being an amphibian it can either be catapulted or operate from carriers and land bases, and it is extremely seaworthy. Power is supplied to a pusher airscrew by a 775 h.p Bristol Pegasus VI mounted in a power-egg. Top speed is 135 m p.h. Single-bay, parallel-edged wings are backswept and of equal span, the strut-braced rectangular tailplane is set high on the large fin, and the wheels retract into the lower wing. Dimensions: Span 45ft. loin., length 37ft. 7m., height 15ft. 3in., wing area 610 sq. ft. ANOTHER- Navy reconnaissance aircraft designed for use either as a single-float seaplane or as a landplane, is the Curtiss Seagull (SO3C-2). It is known as the Seamew in the Fleet Air Arm. The same aircraft produced by the Ryan con cern has the designation SOR-i and is supplied only to the U.S. Navy. All are powered by the 520 h.p. 12-cylinder in verted " V " air-cooled Ranger engine. Top speed is 190 m.p.h. Of mid-wing design, the seaplane version has a pedestal- mounted single float and cantilever stabilising floats. The low aspect-ratio wings taper on trailing edge only to square up-turned tips, and the tailplane tapers sharply on the leading «'dge and has a one-piece curved elevator. The large rounded fin and rudder has a spinal fillet extending over the rear cock pit. Dimensions: Span 38ft., length 36ft. gin., height lift. J"i., wing area 290 sq. ft. Curtiss Seagull, or beamew, reconnaissance aircraft.
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