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Aviation History
1954
1954 - 1494.PDF
Flight, 21 May 1954 ^W^^^^^^ sfif y^ey 77^6 Four typical mission ~e^€^z^ short stage and long 4 Air charter for winter sports— Heron Series 1 (fixed undercarriage). The journey from London to Zurich, 490 miles, takes less than 3| hours by Heron, with thirteen passengers and their baggage and 165 lb. of freight aboard. A short branch-line stage in Africa— Heron Series 1 (fixed undercarriage). Fourteen passengers and their baggage can be carried in the Heron on the journey of 315 miles from Nairobi to Entebbe in 1\ hrs. A long haul up the Amazon— Heron Series 2 (retractable undercarriage). The distance from Belem to Manaos is 805 miles and the Heron makes this journey in 4J hours, carrying ten passengers and their baggage and 80 lb. of mail or freight. Industrial Executive Duty in U.S.A.— Heron Series 2 (retractable undercarriage). Carrying eight passengers in luxury, and their baggage and 660 lb. of freight, the Heron makes the journey of 570 miles from St. Louis to Baton Rouge in 3i hours. _E HAVILLAND HERON (Four de Havilland Gipsy Queen 30 Mark 2 engines driving de Havilland 1000-size two-blade, variable-pitch, non-feathering propellers.)
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