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1946
1946 - 0404.PDF
2IO FLIGHT FEBRUARY 28TH, 1940 British Civil Aircraft Present Position in Tabular Form : Qood Interim Types ; The Next Stage DESPITE the wails of critics even on this side ofthe Atlantic, we have good reasons for satisfac-tion, if not, certainly, for self satisfaction, where our civil aircraft are concerned. This is certainly not a time for complacency. We have a very long way to go in our struggles with a peace which, in many ways, is proving to be more difficult than a war. But within six months of the end of a global war the aircraft industry has managed to put half-a-dozen trans- port prototypes into the air—two of them entirely "civil"—and have at ltast the same number of more advanced aircraft in process of construction. For the "interim conversions," such as the Yorks, Lancastrians and various Short boats, there has been all too little praise. Certainly they are modifications of military aircraft, but they are comfortable and largely satisfac- tory modifications, and are not inferior to any civil air- craft at present available in the world. One day, per- haps, passengers in the extremely fast, up-to-the- ^* minute, pressurised affairs, which are so confidently demanded, may even sigli for the homely roomy comfort of the Yorks and the Sunderlands. And, in the'matter TYPES ALREADY FLYING Type Avro 19 Avro Lancastrian ... Avro 20 Tudor 1 ... Avro York Bristol 170 Freighter and Wayfarer D.H. 104 Dove ... D.H. 89a Rapide Miles M.57 Aerovan Miles M.38 Messenger Miles M.28 Percival Proctor VI Short Sandringham Short Sandringham Short Sandringham Short Solent Short Shetland Taylorcraft Auster Vickers Viking ... Power Units Two Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah XV Four Rolls-Royce Merlin 24 Four Rolls- Royce Merlin 102 Four Rolls- Royce Merlin 24 Two Bristol Hercules 131 Two D.H. Gipsy Queen 71 Two D.H. Gipsy Queen III Two Gipsy Major or Cirrus Major D.H. Gipsy Major V or Cirrus Major III One •D.H. Gipsy Major 51 or Cirrus Major III One D.H. Gipsy Queen 31 Four Bristol Pegasus 38 Four Pratt and Whitney RI830/ 90B Twin Wasps (4) Four Bristol Pegasus 38 Four Bristol Hercules 20 Four Bristol Centaurus II Cirrus Minor II Two Bristol Hercules 130 Span ft. 56.5 102 120 102 98 57 48 50 36.2 30.7 39.5 112.8 112.8 II2.B 112.8 150 36 89.25 Ail-up weight Ib. 10.400 65,000 77,000 65.000 36,500 8.000 5,750 5,800 2.400 2.500 3,600 56.000 60,000 56,000 75,000 125,000 1,850 34,000 Max. Wing loadinj Ib./sq.ft 22.5 50.1 54.2 43.6 26.0 23.9 17.0 14.8 12.5 15.6 18.0 ' 33.0 35.6 33 45 47.5 9.67 38.5 Max. spaed m.p.h.' 192 (5,000) 315 (12,000) 346 (20,500) 298 (21,000) 236 (8,000) 218 (7,200) 153 (s.l.) 127 (S.I.) 135 (s.l.) 180 (7,000) 175 (S.I.) 215 (S.I.) 233 (5,000) 211 (S.I.) 260 (8,000) 272 (12,000) 126 (s.l.) 270 (10,000) Cruis- ing speed m.p.h. 155 140 163 280 290 178 242 283 300 275 252 200* 180 150 150 160 1701 /U !95 130 112 108 no 169 150 157 197 188 232 203 194 !85 238 217 2S5 235 100 263 210 171 Per cent. Max. power 64 54 64 MWM MWM 27 59 65 61 MWM MWM Econ. 55 41 47 47 47 66 75 65 57 — — — RM MWM RM Max. Econ. RM MWM RM MWM RM MWM — 69 42.5 30.5 Heigh ft. 3,000 3.000 8,000 11.000 17,500 10,000 s.l. 12,500 22,500 21.000 10.000 15,000 5,000 5,000 s.obb 10,000 10,000 1,000 S.I. S.I. S.I. 6.400 s.l. 3,600 4,750 9,000 6,250 10,250 4.750 9,000 8,400 13,500 12,800 18,000 s.l. 10,000 10.000 10,000 Total Pay- load tb. 1,560 1,170 2,190 4,850 4,850 10,650 2.825 5,770 7.810 7,810 3,080 4.040 5,280 6.800 8,000 10,000 8,475 1,700 1,975 974 2,000 500 660 710 860 544 0,915 8,197 7,820 3,789 4,360 0,750 6,530 0,280 1,570 3,320 8,620 4,370 1.500 5,400 0,000 407 7,120 «,855 4.855 Rang) ml. 356 610 4,100 3,640 3.200 2,710 4,890 4,230 3,630 3,470 3,100 3.100 2.600 3.100 1,100 550 320 SOO 500 500 400 330 480 520 260 780 1,270 1,540 1,520 2.280 2,280 1,750 2,460 1,420 ,000 2.000 ,000 ,500 3.760 3.S90 ,930 290 .035 .725 .950 s Speed m.p.h. ' 155 155 230 230 280 230 178 178 178 230 200 200 200 200 150 150 180 160 160 130 108 124 155 157 157 157 162 163 163 166 166 176 176 156 190 190 190 190 190 180 186 80 210 210 171 No pas- sen- gers 8 6 6 9 9 13 6 12 24 24 12 14 24 32 8 6—8 6—10 3 3 3 3 3 45 24 21 18 45 2! 40 24 24 36 36 46 70 70 3 21 21 21 Remarks Civil version of Anson Designed primarily for Atlantic operations Various passenger arrangements Freighter and passenjer versions. Smallest " Brabazon " type—5 b Civil version of Dominie Primarily for freighter duties. Maximum un- obstructed space — payload does not include pilot — Civil version of Sunder- land. Last figures as freighter. The " Argentina" was the prototype of this version. Sunderland conversion with faired turrets — — — "wenty-four jeater ver- sion also available k * Height (ft.) in brackets.
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