De Havilland Beaver has proved itself as suitable aircraft for aerial topdressing; machine has completed 250 hr of work; in distributing 1640 tons it has proved that its capacity is five times that of Tiger Moth and direct operating costs are roughly double; payload of phosphate put aboard is 1521 lbs; fuel consumption is 15 gal per hr and oil used by 450-hp Pratt and Whitney Wasp Junior is 1 pt per hr.
New Zealand's busy Beaver
Aeroplane
Aeroplane ; 81 , n 2090
1951
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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