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1959
1959 - 0357.PDF
LON RAN MILITARYRITANNIA can over-fly trouble spots and use existing airfields all over the world 4,800 miles non-stop, carrying 23,300-lb payload (equiva- lent to 93 fully armed troops) ... or 37,500-lb payload for 3,550 miles . . . ultimate still-air range of 5,500 miles . . . there is no strategic aircraft available today which can carry heavy loads over long distances and which at the same time is so readily adaptable and versatile, as the Britannia turboprop. The military Britannia 253 cruises at 400 mph. The main cabin volume is 8,577 cu ft, with a floor loading of 300 lb per sq ft, and no structural bulkheads between the front and rear pressure bulkheads to obstruct stowage. It can be swiftly adapted to serve as passenger transport, freighter, or ambulance. And the Britannia 253's versatility extends much further, to an unlimited variety of mixed loads. The freight door, 93 in wide and 74.5 in high, is ample for missiles, mobile guns, jeeps, big jet engines. Take-off and land ing achievements. Vast loads, quickly carried a great distance—and no special runways needed. For the military Britannia can operate from air- fields all over the world as they exist now. No other military transport in the western world answers the problems of present-day world-wide logistics as does the Britannia 253, which is on quantity order for RAF Transport Command. BRISTOL Britannia BRISTOL AIRCRAFT LIMITED
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