Britain's largest land aeroplane, the new Ensign class airliner built for Imperial Airways, being prepared recently for its first trial flight at Hamble, Hampshire, where it was built at the Armstrong-Whitworth works. The machine is the first of a fleet of fourteen to be used on European and Empire services. It weighs 20 tons and is powered by four engines, giving a top speed of 200 miles per hour and a cruising speed of 180 miles. The overall length is 114ft., the wing span 127ft., and there will be room for forty passengers and a crew of five.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 76, 22 December 1937, Page 6
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98Britain's largest land aeroplane, the new Ensign class airliner built for Imperial Airways, being prepared recently for its first trial flight at Hamble, Hampshire, where it was built at the Armstrong-Whitworth works. The machine is the first of a fleet of fourteen to be used on European and Empire services. It weighs 20 tons and is powered by four engines, giving a top speed of 200 miles per hour and a cruising speed of 180 miles. The overall length is 114ft., the wing span 127ft., and there will be room for forty passengers and a crew of five. Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 76, 22 December 1937, Page 6
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