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; Engineer v 179 n 4663 May 25 1945 p 418; Aeroplane v 69 n 1783 July 27 1945 p 102-5)


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    Title :

    Short shetland


    Additional title:

    Engineering


    Published in:

    Engineering ; 159 , n 4140


    Publication date :

    1945


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Short shetland

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1945


    Short shetland

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1945


    Short shetland

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1945


    Cruising performance of short shetland

    Cripps, S.T.B. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1945


    Construction of shetland

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1945