Critical review of report prepared by Saunders-Roe, indexed from Nov 25 issue, in which case for flying boat was clearly stated; two major failings are pointed out, i.e., flying boat can only provide coast to coast transport, so that in effect it is only doing part of job; ton-mileage loss of payload due to sacrificing internal space to arrangement of steps and chines may be sufficient to turn scales in favor of landplane.
"Where angles fear -- "
Flight
Flight ; 44 , n 1825
1943
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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