Supermarine Swan
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| Type | Flying boat |
| Manufacturer | Supermarine |
| Designed by | R. J. Mitchell |
| Maiden flight | 25 March 1924 |
| Introduced | 1926 |
| Retired | 1927 |
| Primary users | Imperial Airways Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment |
| Number built | 1 |
| Variants | Supermarine Southampton |
The Supermarine Swan was a 1920s British experimental amphibian aircraft built by Supermarine at Woolston. Only one was built and it was used for a passenger service between England and France.
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[edit] Design and development
The Swan was designed by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine as an experimental wooden twin-engined biplane amphibian aircraft, in parallel with the Supermarine Scylla design for a replacement for the Royal Air Force's Felixstowe F5s.[1]
First flown on 25 March 1924 (as serial N175) the Swan was powered by two 350 hp Rolls-Royce Eagle IX engines. It was re-engined with two 450 hp Napier Lion engines and had the landing gear removed for evaluation at the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment in August 1924. In 1926 it was registered G-EBJY and loaned to Imperial Airways as a flying boat with accommodation for 10 passengers until it was scrapped in 1927.
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[edit] Specifications (Swan)
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 10 passengers
- Length: 55 ft 12 in (17.06 m)
- Wingspan: 68 ft 7 in (20.90 m)
- Height: 26 ft 1 in (7.95 m)
- Wing area: 1,264 sq ft ()
- Empty weight: 7,800 lb ()
- Loaded weight: 12,831 lb (5,820 kg)
- Powerplant: 2× Napier Lion IIB engines [4] inline piston engine, 450 hp () each
- Propellers: 2 propeller, 1 per engine
Performance
- Maximum speed: 109 mph (175 km/h)
- Range: 870 miles (1,400 km)
- Service ceiling 10,150 ft (3,089 m)
- Rate of climb: 12 min to 5,000 ft ()
[edit] See also
Related development
Related lists
[edit] References
- ^ Andrews and Morgan 1987, p.87
- ^ http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/supermarine_swan.php aviastar.org Supermarine Swan
- ^ http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=197 British Aircraft Directory
- ^ or 360 hp Rolls-Royce Eagle IX in British Aircraft Directory
- Andrews, C.N.; Morgan, E.B. (1987). Supermarine Aircraft since 1914, Second edition, London: Putnam. ISBN 0 85177 800 3.
- A.J. Jackson, British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3, 1974, Putnam, London, ISBN 0 370 10014 X, Page 315
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