| The "Ensign"
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 Siddley "Tiger"
engines. The weight fully loaded, will be nearly 20 tons and the top
speed 200 m.p.h. |
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