First civil transport fitted entirely with propeller turbine engines; designed to carry 32 passengers at high altitude in air conditioned, pressurized cabin; present aircraft has four Rolls-Royce "Dart" propeller turbine engines mounted on wings; provision made for alternative installation of Napier "Naiad" or Armstrong-Siddeley "Mamba" propeller turbine engines; span 88 ft 11 in.; length 74 ft 6 in.; height 26 ft 9 in.; take-off weight 41,000 lb; max speed 288 knots at 20,000 ft.
Vickers "viscount" airliner
Engineer
Engineer ; 186 , n 4833
1948
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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