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.


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    Title :

    Britannia's floating floor and freight lift


    Additional title:

    Flight


    Published in:

    Flight ; 72 , n 2533


    Publication date :

    1957


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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