Description of flight of R.A.F. with four flying boats of Southampton type; formation and objects of flight; preparations for cruise and equipment used; alterations made to plane in order to operate it without bases and in wide range of climates including tropics; Napier Lion Series V A engines; equipment; hulls; deterioration; rubber dinghies; health of crew; navigation and weather; take-off: risk of damage; refitting in open. (see also - discussion p 567-572; Flight, vol. 21, nos. 4 and 10, Jan. 24 and Mar. 7, 1929, pp. 63-66 and 197-199, 3 figs. and Aeroplane, vol. 36, no. 10, Mar. 6, 1929, pp. 366-368, 370, 372 and 374)


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    Title :

    The cruise of the royal air force far east flight


    Additional title:

    Roy. Aeronautical Soc. -- Jl


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    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    26 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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