NEW AIRLINER
A ucw l)-j>(! ot" British airllnor is 1'fiiig dc.si-iKMl, R j.s stutfd iiy fk> -Iinislry or Sujipiy. ■ Lt has usked Jiv. Iii'ins I u sulimil dcsiyn studios for an ex-* 1-f-iinu'nlal longraugc airliner fo'r use titlior o ii thc Uommonwcaith Or transoccan routcs. lt is to be powered by a new type of engine under Construc Lon, to carry 30 passengers 'with a iotal jiavload of SKHKIlb, including 1500 J'os. of niail. Its range is to be 4590 ; mi!es noiistop a,id it is to lly at 300 to • ■•iO miles an hour at a height not exeeeding OOjHH) feet. If a eontrat't is uwarded, the new airliner will not lh ior at least live \ears.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 March 1948, Page 5
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