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AN ALBUM OF INTERNATIONAL AIR LINERS
Issued by John Player & Sons
Extracts from the album
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IMPERIAL AIRWAYS EMPIRE FLYING BOAT
"CALEDONIA" (Great Britain) is one of the twenty-eight
four-engined Empire flying boats now being built by Short Bros.
(Rochester and Bedford), Ltd. for the Empire routes.
They accommodate twenty-four passengers in four cabins by day,
and sixteen passengers by night, when four sleeping berths are
erected in each cabin. There is a smoking cabin and also a promenade
saloon. On the upper deck is the pilot's bridge, ship's office, and a
hold for 3½ tons of mail. The "Caledonia" has four 740 h.p. Bristol
"Pegasus" engines. The top speed of these flying-boats is 200 m.p.h.;
weight, fully loaded, approx. 18 tons.
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IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LINER "DRYAD" (Great Britain) is a
medium sized ten-passenger, four-engined D.H.86A air liner of the
"Diana" Class; eleven of these are used by Imperial Airways on
certain of its Continental and Empire routes, including the Penang-
Hong Kong service and the Khartoum-Lagos mail service.
This type is also used by Qantas Empire Airways on the Singapore-
Brisbane stage of the England-Australia air service.
Both the D.H.86A and its four 200 h.p. "Gipsy-Six" engines are built
by the De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd. This type weighs, fully loaded,
4.5 tons, and has a cruising speed of 145 m.p.h.
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IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LINER "ENSIGN" (Great Britain)
belongs to the new "E" Class, twelve of which are being built by Sir
W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd. for use on the European
and Empire routes of Imperial Airways. On the European services
there will be accommodation for forty-two passengers and a crew of
five. On the Empire services there will be accommodation for
twenty-seven passengers by day and twenty by night and a crew of
four. The "E" Class will be fitted with four 765 h.p. Armstrong
Siddeley "Tiger" engines. The weight, fully loaded, will be nearly
20 tons and the top speed 200 m.p.h.
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IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LINER "HORATIUS":"HERACLES"
CLASS (Great Britain) is one of the two Handley Page 42 biplanes
used on the Continental services of Imperial Airways, and has
accommodation for thirty-eight passengers in two luxurious saloons.
A crew of five is carried, including two stewards, and full course
meals are served in flight. Similar liners are used on the Empire
routes accommodating twenty-four passengers. The "Horatius", fitted
with four 555 h.p. Bristol "Jupiter" engines, weighs, fully loaded,
13.4 tons, and has a cruising speed of 100 m.p.h.
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IMPERIAL AIRWAYS FLYING-BOAT "SATYRUS"
(Great Britain) is a four-engined flying-boat operating on the
Mediterranean section of the Empire routes of Imperial Airways.
It has accommodation for sixteen passengers in one large cabin, with
completely-equipped steward's compartment and toilet facilities aft.
There are also large baggage, freight and mail holds fore and aft.
The "Satyrus" was built by Short Bros. (Rochester and Bedford), Ltd.
and is fitted with four 555 h.p. Bristol "Jupiter" engines. It weighs,
fully loaded, 14.3 tons, and has a cruising speed of 105 m.p.h.
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IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LINER "SCYLLA" (Great Britain) is one
of two large air liners which are used on the Continental services of
Imperial Airways. She carries a crew of five, and has accommodation
for thirty-nine passengers in three spacious saloons. There is a fully-
equipped kitchen and pantry, from which full-course meals or light
refreshments are served in the air. The "Scylla" and her sister the
"Syrinx" were built by Short Bros. (Rochester and Bedford), Ltd.
The "Scylla" is fitted with four 555 h.p. Bristol "Jupiter" engines,
weighs, fully loaded, 14.3 tons, and has a top speed of 105 m.p.h.
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PREPARING LUNCH IN IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LINER
"SCYLLA" (Great Britain). This views shows the facilities
provided in Imperial Airways liners for serving meals or light
refreshments in the air. A fully-equipped pantry with electrical
equipment, ice-boxes, wine-bins, etc., is provided in all the large air
liners operating on the principal Imperial Airways routes.
In the "Scylla" this pantry is situated between the forward and
midship cabins, and two stewards are carried to serve the needs of
the thirty-nine passengers. Full-course meals are served at the
appropriate times, and light refreshments are available at all times.
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