Illustrated review of Britain's largest aircraft; wing span 150 ft; length 110 ft; max beam 12 ft 6 in.; max height 40 ft 2 1/2 in.; four Bristol 18-cyl 2500-hp radial, sleeve valve Centaurus engines driving de Havilland 4-blade hydromatic 15 ft 9 in. dia. metal airplane propellers, originally intended for long range patrol and reconnaissance, now adopted for civil aviation; 24 night passengers or 40 day passengers; max gross weight, 130,000 lb. (See also Flight v 47 n 1899 May 17 1945 p 529-34; Engineering v 159 n 4140 May 18 1945 p 395; Engineer v 179 n 4663 May 25 1945 p 418)
Short shetland
Aeroplane
Aeroplane ; 69 , n 1783
1945
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1945
Engineering Index Backfile | 1945
Engineering Index Backfile | 1945
Cruising performance of short shetland
Engineering Index Backfile | 1945
|Engineering Index Backfile | 1945