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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 2003.PDF
SEPTEMBER 28TH, 1944 FLIGHT Advertisements, ig "^ t< the spares, the grub and some home mail as well.' AIRCRAFT DE HAVILLAND Leading builders of transport aircraft in the British Empire GREAT1 BRITAIN CANADA AUSTRALIA INDIA AFRICA NEW ZEALAND T*HE lonely stations along the buried oil-pipe line depend upon air transport for supplies, but traffic * is light and irregular, and rocky outcrops limit the length of landing strips so that a "fast" aeroplane would be unsuitable even if speed were advantageous, which it is not. For many years the Dragon Rapide—designed for just these conditions—has served the needs of lengthy oil-pipe lines with reliability and high all-round economy. It has engines of motor-truck simplicity, and airframe .that is durable and easily repaired, a satisfying lack of superchargers, variable-pitch propellers, chassis retraction gear and complicated "services." It can be maintained by a man and a boy. the reliable and practical utility truck of the air
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