Supermarine Air Yacht
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| Air Yacht | |
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| Type | Luxury flying boat |
| Manufacturer | Supermarine |
| Maiden flight | February 1930 |
| Introduction | 1930 |
| Primary user | Private owners |
| Produced | 1930 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Supermarine Air Yacht was a British luxury passenger-carrying flying boat designed and built by the Supermarine Aviation Works.
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[edit] Development
The Supermarine Air Yacht was a three-engined luxury flying boat built at Woolston in 1929 for the Hon. Arthur Ernest Guinness for pleasure cruises around the Mediterranean. At its first flight in February 1930 at Hythe, England the take-off run was found to be excessive, and the aircraft was rejected by Guinness. In October 1932 the Air Yacht was bought by a Mrs J.J. James and re-engined with three 525 hp Armstrong Siddeley Panther IIAs. Given the name Windward III it left Woolston for Egypt on the 11 October 1932, but on 25 January 1933 it was damaged near Capri, Italy. It was dismantled and returned to Woolston and then scrapped.
[edit] Design
The Supermarine Air Yacht was a three-engined monoplane flying boat with hull-mounted sponsons instead of the wing-mounted floats more common on aircraft of this type. The hull was metal, and the wing was held above the fuselage on struts. The single braced tailplane had three vertical fins and rudders.
The crew were accommodated in four open cockpits in the nose, and the passengers sat in an enclosed cabin beneath the wing.
[edit] Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 4
- Capacity: 6 passengers
- Length: 66 ft 6 in (20.3 m)
- Wingspan: 92 ft (28 m)
- Height: 19 ft (5.8 m)
- Empty weight: 16,808 lb (7624 kg)
- Loaded weight: 23,348 lb (10,590 kg)
- Powerplant: 3× Armstrong Siddeley Panther IIA, 525 hp (391.5 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 102 kt (km/h)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- British Aircraft Directory
- Photo
- A.J.Jackson, British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3, Putnam & Company, London, 1974, ISBN 370 10014 X
[edit] External links
- Flight 28 February 1930 (article on Air Yacht)
- Flight 20 October 1932 (article By Air Yacht to the Mediterranean)
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