Flying-Boat
pp. 147-148 · Read in the full issue
New Era Predicted for Flying-Boat
Captain Taylor is of the opinion that the day of the flying-boat, far from being over, may just be dawn ing.
His opinion is supported by an editorial in a leading British air periodical.
For a long time residents of Sydney’s Rose Bay flying-boat base area have been campaigning to have the airport closed because of
plant and shielding, g and the P high atomic-powered aircraft due to Qns “ e « Gordon’s plans, as well as for other reasons, he wrote an article in May for g ydney Daily Telegraph, t of which is 0 f particular interest to Island territories; «. with the nassine of the nroneller, w J^ th becausl of its need for i ’ e over the wa t e r surface has Stated a larw deep hull
which isexpensive *2 drive through
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dominate the tians ocean scene,
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The English air periodical, pc dieting that an atomic engine ra be ready within ten years, notes serious British lag in flying-bo research and development wh:i may take a lot of recovering It draws special attention'to t revolutionary new American Man Seamaster, recently put into sem by the US Navy.
This is a shallow-bodied, swer winged, long-nosed flying-boi powered by four Allison turbo-je The all-up weight is 200,000 maximum speed 600 mph, and! cruising height over 40,000 ft. will carry a military pay-load 30.000 lb—l3J tons!
The journal says that the Gle< L. Martin Company of Baltimo took over where the British flvin boat builders left off 15 years ap because of lack of official Briti support.
Not all existing Pacific seadrom could handle the Seamaster becau of its comparatively long, low-ang take off, but the cost of clearii more coral heads would be she compared with the cost of modes airfields.
Meanwhile in Britain researe has been resumed by BOAC ai the RAF into the possibility ■ engining the mothballed giae Princess flying-boats, never us since they were built several ves ago. with turbo-props.
The only important flying-bo service now left to the Islands along the TEAL line from Suva Papeete.
Suva people are still aggrieve at the passing of the flving-bes services from Auckland and Sydnw which left Fiji’s capital high au dry at the end of the 100 mill journey from Nadi internation airport.