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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 1231.PDF
JUXE 15TH, 1944 64T ring Attitudes De Havilland Albatross Transport. IT was in the Albatross (D.H.91) that de Havillands first introduced the constructional method which, in modified form, is employed in the Mosquito to-day. The type, known as the Frobisher class airliner, was in service with Imperial Airways before the war and was taken over by the R.A.F. for transport duties. Powered by four 535 h.p. D.H. Gipsy Twelve air-cooled inverted V-type engines, it employs cooling ducts in the leading edge of the wings (again reflected in the Mosquito). Top speed is well over 200 m.p.h. High aspect-ratio low wings taper to small tips and have dihedral from the roots and this, together with the circular section of its streamlined fuselage, give it a very American look from head-on. The slightly tapered tailplane has a sligh+ dihedral angle and carries small, egg-shaped end-plate twin fini and rudders. Dimensions: Span 105ft., length 71ft. 6in., height 22ft. 3in., wing a'rea 1,078 sq. ft. MILITARY version of the DC-3 airliner, the Douglas Dakota is the leading American transport in service with the R.A.F., is powered by two 1,200 h.p. Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp engines and has a top speed of 230 m.p.h. In the U.S.A.A.F. this "maid-of-all-work" is "equipped either as a cargo transport, in which case it is the C-47 Skytrain, or as a troop-carrier when it is the C-53 Sky trooper. It is also widely used as a glider tug. The chief difference between the civil DC-3 arjd the military version is in the engines. Low wings with a fiat rectangular centre section have their outer panels backswept on the leading edge to small round tips, the trailing edge being straight. Tailplane also has backswept leading edge and straight trailing edge with small "bites" either side of the fuselage tail. Large ungainly fin and rudder -is quite distinctive. Dimensions: Span 95ft., length 64ft. 6in., height 16ft. nin., wing area 987 sq. ft. Dougjas Dakota Transport and Tug.
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