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TEST FLIGHTS.

i roun-suamsn mouoruun , Fl'tll 'l'll.\.\‘S-‘\TL.\.\"l‘ltl SERVICE 10mm] \Vlreless.) \ [“1683“, May 25. l The first test ilights of new tour{engined monoplanes, two or which inane been ordered by the Air Ministry ‘t'or experimental tlights across the Atlantic. are expected to be made to~ ward the end of this year. When the aeroplanes have completed their per—‘formance trials they will be tried ex—perimentally over the Atlantic. ‘ The name “Albatross" has been ‘given to the new munoplanes, which have s maximum speed or nearly 250 miles an hour and ll cruising speed 0! more than 200 miles an hour. They will be powered with tour Gypsy 12cylinder engines. and each machine will have a gross weight of 25.000“). The design embodies the latest de~ vices {or reducing drag. The engines will be air-cooled and will be the most powert'ul yet built by the dc llavilland Company. They will incorporate leeSons learned in the operation and servlclng or the smaller Gypsy engines. which have been used tor a great number of record tlighls, includlng those or .\[rs Amy Mollison to the Cape and ‘haek. '

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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19895, 26 May 1936, Page 9

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TEST FLIGHTS. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19895, 26 May 1936, Page 9

TEST FLIGHTS. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19895, 26 May 1936, Page 9

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