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Aviation History
1930
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FLIGHT, OCTOBKR 3, 1930 SHORT "CALCUTTA" (Service Type)T HE recent history of flying boatsproduced by Short Brothers of Roches- ter has shown a rather remarkablemutual effect of service and commercial types. First there was the " Singapore I "service type, with two Rolls-Royce " Condor " engines. This machine was later lent toSir Alan Cobham for a civilian tour of Africa. As a result of the experience with the" Singapore," the " Calcutta " civil type (three " Jupiters ") came into being andproved a great success. Then came the •\Singapore II " service type with fourRolls-Royce " F" engines. And now has been launched the " Calcutta " service typewith three Bristol " Jupiter IX F" engines, shown in the photographs on this page. The " family resemblance " is quite unmis-takable, and the service type of " Calcutta " does not differ fundamentally from the civilianversion used by Imperial Airways, Ltd., on stages of the London-India route. Theinternal arrangements are, of course, quite different, the service type of machine being anopen sea reconnaissance flying boat. Other alterations as compared with the civilianmachine are the gunners' cockpits in the nose of the hull and projecting from the hullsidesTaft of the wings. 1081 B2
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