This is believed to be first all-metal flying boat of British design to be completed for commercial work; span of upper main plane, 93 ft.; span of lower main plane, 76 ft. 6 in.; weight of machine empty, 12,404 lb.; load carried 7596 lb., including 15 passengers and crew of three; three Bristol Jupiter engines are mounted in separate nacelles attached to wing spar by three radial struts at each end; each develops 485 hp. at 2000 r.p.m. (See also Engineering vol. 126, no. 3266, Aug. 17, 1928, pp. 195-200, 73 figs., supp. plates; Aero Digest, vol. 13, no. 1, July 1928, pp. 92 and 94, 3 figs.; Flight, vol. 20, no. 8, Feb. 23, 1928, pp. 112-117, 23 figs.; Aviation, vol. 24, no. 16, Apr. 16, 1928, pp. 976, 1022, 1024, 1026 and 1028, 9 figs.; Aeroplane, vol. 34, no. 8, Feb. 22, 1928, pp. 244-250, 8 figs.; Airways, vol. 4, no. 8, Apr. 1928, p. 297, 2 figs.; and Times Trade and Eng. Supp., vol. 21, no. 504, Mar. 3, 1928, p. 601, 1 fig)


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    The short "Calcutta" all-metal flying boat


    Additional title:

    Iron Age


    Published in:

    Iron Age ; 122 , n 13


    Publication date :

    1928


    Remarks:

    3 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    The short "Calcutta" all-metal flying boat

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1928


    The short "Calcutta" all-metal flying boat

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1928


    The short "Calcutta" all-metal flying boat

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1928


    The short "Calcutta" flying-boat

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1927


    The short "Calcutta" all-metal flying boat

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1928