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1953
1953 - 0306.PDF
3Q4 FLIGHT, 6 March 1953 Lockheed Lodestar (East African Airways) Commercial Aircraft 1953... UNDER 12,500 lb AIRSPEED CONSUL • Last in the Envoy-Oxford line of small feederliners by the late Airspeed company, the Consul remains in use, particularly on charter work, in many countries. Consul (two Cheetah 10, total 790 h.p.).—Span, 53ft 4m; length, 35ft <(in; gross weight, 8,250 lb; range, 700 miles at 150 m.p.h. at 8,ocoft with 1,500 lb payload. AUSTER AMBULANCE/FREIGHTER • This unique small aircraft is normally fitted to carry seats, stretchers, or light freight in its large cabin, but can alternatively perform crop- spraying, cable-laying and other specialized duties. Auster model B.4 (Bombardier, total 180 h.p.).—Span, 37ft; length, 24ft 8in; wing area, i90sqft; gross weight, 2,6001b; wing loading, i3.7lb/sqft; range, 300 miles at 105 m.p.h. at 5,000ft with 550 lb payload. S.N.C.A.S.O. Bretagne Curtiss C-46 Commando (Below) S.M.95 Hure/ Dubois H.D. 31 AVROXIX • A post-war development of the "old faithful" R.A.F. Anson—which, incidentally, was itself developed from the Imperial Airways Avro 652 of 1933—the nine-passenger Mk XIX is in widespread commercial use, together with many ex-service Ansons. Avro 652.4 type XIX (two Cheetah, total 840 h.p.).—Span, 56ft 6in; length, 42ft 3in; wing area, 440 sq ft; gross weight, 10,400 lb; wing load-: ng, 22.4lb/sqft; range, 610 miles at 155 m.p.h. at 8,000ft with six passengers. DE HAVILLAND DOVE • Several hundred of these attrac tive light transports have been sold to operators in many countries, including the U.S.A. From eight to eleven passengers are carried in the standard version, while other variants include survey, ambulance, "flying classroom," and five-passenger executive models. It is remarkable that only after the Dove had been in world-wide use for several years did considerable interest in the type begin to be shown in the United States. Present Dove production is still considerable and a high proportion is going to business houses and private owners in America, where the retail price is some $89,000. Altogether some 500 Doves and Devons (the military version) are likely to be built. D.H. 104 Dove (two Gipsy Queen 70, total 690 h.p.).—Span, 57ft; length, 39ft 4in; wing area, 335 sq ft; gross weight 8,500 lb; wing load ing, 25.36 lb/sq ft; range, 500 miles at 180 m.p.h. at 10,000ft with 1,700 lb payload.
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