AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1929, Page 5

AVIATION

AEROPLANE FOR AUSTRALIAN TOUR. PLACED AT MOllt AND OWEN’S DISPOSAL. (United Press Association.—Ry Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.) LONDON, February 14. j\s an outcome of lengthy negotiations Vickers Limited is placing at the disposal of Moir and Owen, a Vickers Alellore aeroplane of all-metal construction. Technically it is regarded as one of ;the most interesting aircraft pro? duped in recent times. The wingspan is 76 feet,-, length 51 feet, height over all 20 ifeet. It weights 4,550 pounds nnd carries a load of 4,950 pounds, making the total weight fully loaded 9,500 pounds. It was built as a freight carrying machine and purchased by the Air Ministry. Vickers are fitting it with a now Armstrong-Siddeley Jaguar engine of j 460 horsepower. This is the same type about to be introduced by the Imperial Airways on the London-Paris route and is a considerable improvement on' tho type used by Sir Alan Cobham on his Australian flight. It lias a geared propelior, permitting the propellor to run more slowly than the engine. The' machine has a speed in excess of one hundred miles an hour at a height of five thousand feet. The cruising speed is eighty to eighty-live miles an hour and the consumption is approximately 20 gailone per hour.