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1952
1952 - 0079.PDF
ii JANUARY 1952 FLIGHT 7 *0>ml9xm®. m KM -^ Yes, but you can land here Borneo is no paradise for airmen. This stretch of the Kayan river, for instance, has a sandbar (foreground), a ten knot current, a 30 degree turn, and many shallows through which a plane would have to taxi. In spite of that it is a regular base for a Short Sealand Amphibian belonging to the Christian and Missionary Alliance. They sent the manufacturers a report, mentioning its economy in fuel, ease in handling, and its complete reliability as a machine. But the crux of the report is the statement that the Sealand achieved " results unobtainable by any other aircraft." That tribute cannot be dismissed as a personal preference; no other aircraft has ever flown regularly from bases so deep in the interior of Borneo. *nqmn ^•$$^3835^ DESIGNED FOR AREAS WHERE FREIGHT AND PASSENGER CARRIAGE IS IMPRACTICABLE FOR NORMAL AIRCRAFT SEALAND AMPHIBIAN ®ia '"•*" SHORT BROTHERS & HARLAND LTD., the first manufacturers of aircraft in the world QUEEN'S ISLAND, BELFAST. LONDON OFFICE: I 7, GROSVENOR STREET, W.I.
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