Floor and lift designed by Short Brothers and Harland for series 253 Britannia; floating floor intended as safeguard against temperature stresses at high altitude; each of six floating sections is attached to each side of fuselage; freight lift, or loading platform, developed to replace standard methods of ramp or fork lift truck loading; loading and unloading ends of lift are completely unobstructed through full vertical travel of 12 ft.
Britannia's floating floor and freight lift
Flight
Flight ; 72 , n 2533
1957
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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