NEW AIRCRAFT
FOR LAND, SEA AND AIR. iADJUSTABLE WHEELS. ('British Officijl Wireless.) / RUGBY, Sep! 14. An important extension to the scope of the Royal Air Foroe is marked by nn order for cloud amphibian aircraft, placed with Slaiunders, Roe, Ltd.- These aircraft oan operate on land, or water, or in the aid with wheels that are wound' down into position. The aircraft can take off from an ordinary land aerodrome, and when the pilot has wound up the wheels into position at the sides of the boat, the hull can iilight on the Water. When taken ashorfe‘'4she hiaciiihie 'cab taxi up the slipway without further preparation, The latter, from an' operational poiht of view repbenenta a great advance. It is fitted with two -Avmstreng-Sld-defoy double Mongom engine* of 340 horsepower,' The machines can cruise at 100 miles an hour, with a top speed of 120 miles an hour, their period of endurance with a full load being four hour*. ||;
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1932, Page 5
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159NEW AIRCRAFT Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1932, Page 5
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