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1952
1952 - 1874.PDF
FLIGHT II JULY 1952 Made for the Comet by Marston Excelsior Ltd. 'FLEXELITE' flexible fuel tanks made from synthetic rubber reinforced with strong nylon fabric giving exceptionally low temperature flexibility. The weight of four tanks having a total capacity of over 2,000 gallons is only 116 lb. 'MAREX' primary and secondary heat exchangers built to withstand high pressures in brazed aluminium alloy. MARSTON EXCELSIOR LTD. (/4 subsidiary company of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.) WOLVERHAMPTON & LEEDS MAR. I OS ANNOUNCES NEW SUPER CONSTELLATION ORDERS FROM 6 AIRLINES The Constellation production line is now at its highest peak in history, following receipt of new orders for Super Constellations from six world airlines recently announced by Robert E. Gross, president of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. So far a total of 85 Super Constellations have been ordered, bringing orders for all Constellation models to 392, not including military production. Super Constellations will be the first commercial aeroplanes to use compound engines, and with this added power they will be the fastest air transports ever built in the United States. The six airlines placing new orders for Super Constellations are Iberia of Spain, AVIANCA of Colombia, Air India, Braathens South American and Far East Air Transport, and includes reorders from KLM Royal Dutch Air Lines and QANTAS Empire Airways of Australia. Twelve leading world airlines have now bought Super Constellations, and 20 have ordered either Constellations, Super Constellations or both. Also a substantial quantity is on order for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy. Key to the worldwide acceptance of this most advanced American transport is its extreme built-in versatility. Carefully designed to meet changing airline traffic conditions, the seating arrangement can be quickly and easily changed between flights from luxury accommoda tions for 47 to as many as 94 passengers. And the Super Constellation is probably the first aeroplane ever predesigned with sufficient structural strength to allow for a large increase in take-off weight (from present 130,000 lbs. to as much as 150,000 lbs.) without further modification. It is' designed to utilize either Allison or Pratt & Whitney turbo-prop power plants, which will increase top speed from 379 to 449 miles per hour. The first two with turbo-prop power, on order for the U.S. Navy, will fly next year. Super Constellations with turbo-prop engines may well become for many years the economical "workhorse" of the commercial airlines, carrying volume passenger traffic most economically at high speeds, or as much as 19 tons of freight over long distances. Production of the Constellation has continued uninterrupted for seven years, culminating in the Super Constellation. And today Lockheed is not only at the peak of production on this ever more popular transport but continues to maintain leadership in jet aircraft production.
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