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Aviation History
1948
1948 - 1457.PDF
Basic data for the construction of the Comet o/r//ner.,(D.H. 106) are being secured with the record-breaking DM. 108 research aircraft descendant of the wonderful old "C" Class. Powered with Bristol Hercules engines, it has a vastly improved performance and has been supplied in quantity to B.O.A.C. Lastly, the Handley' Rage Hastings military transport proves that stowage space is not necessarily incompatible with a very high per- formance. Like the Solent, it is fitted with Bristol Hercules engines, and has certain features in common with the Hermes IV, adopted by B.O.A.C. for service on Empire routes. The pressurized Hermes IV will be distinguished by a nose-wheel undercarriage and a lengthened fuselage. Superficially the Mark VI will resemble the Mark IV, but will have a lighter structure and improved performance. All six machines depicted here are being represented at the Society of British Aircraft Constructors' display, now in progress at Farn- borough. The Short Solent (above) is Britain's latest commercial flying boat. Below is the Handley Page Hastings, our newest Service transport
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