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1946
1946 - 0018.PDF
FLIGHT Short Seaford 14 IS, Comparison 01 this military version with the ti.A. drawings 01 the civi; boat will show the handsome lines unmarred by turrets, etc. - Civil Development of Sunderland With Qood, Economic %•• EFFICIENCY Performance WHEN dealing with the subject of present-daycivil aviation one more often than not encountersthe contention that a civil adaptation of a military aircraft is a very poor effort in comparison with a machine designed from scratch as a civil job. That there are considerable grounds for the acceptance of this view cannot be denied , but it should not be accepted wholly and without specific consideration—there may well be background influences that can occasion a reversal of the view. For instance, in the case of Short Bros.' latest flying l*>at, the Seaford, it is distinctly advantageous, as well as fair, to examine its antecedents. In 1936 the " Empire " class flying boats were intro- 10 7- duced and brought an entirely new standard of luxury and reliability to air travel. They did yeoman service on the Empire routes of Imperial Airways and were developed into the "C" class boats which, fitted with Bristol Perseus engines in place of the Pegasus used in the Empire boats, had their all-up weight increased from 40,500 lb. to 55,000 lb. The "C" class boats in turn led to the development of the larger and finer "G" class which could justifiably lay claim to being the very acme of civil airliners in the years immediately preceding the war. It is no small tribute to the quality of Short boats that several of the "C" class are still giving excellent service with B.O.A.C. and, in fact, as already mentioned in this journal, Canopus, the "C" V , o •10 Day arrangement o, starboard part ol a cabin, ihis should be regarded ;n conjunction with the night arrangement STILL AIR BANCC AT »O% TAKE-OFF POWER. ALTITUDE 5,000 FT ALLOWANCE MADE FOK TO. AND CLIMB A.U.W. -THOUSANDS OF Lb.
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