Supermarine "Giant"

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Type 179
General information
TypeTransport flying boat
National originUnited Kingdom
Manufacturer Supermarine
StatusCancelled

The Supermarine Type 179 "Giant" was a British monoplane flying boat developed by Supermarine but cancelled before completion.

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Design and development

The Type 179 was an all-metal monoplane flying-boat powered by six Rolls-Royce Buzzard piston engines mounted above the wing. [1] It was to have a crew of seven and room for 40 passengers in a day configuration. [1] The keel was laid down in 1931 and the aircraft was under construction when the project was abandoned in 1932. The aircraft had been registered G-ABLE in April 1931. [1]

Specifications (Type 179 estimated at July 1931)

Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919 - Volume III, [1] Supermarine Aircraft Since 1914 [2]

General characteristics

(later 6x 1,030 hp (768 kW) Rolls-Royce Buzzard MS)

Performance

1,300 mi (1,130 nmi; 2,092 km) at cruise speed

See also

Related lists

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 - Volume 3. Putnam & Company Ltd. p. 444. ISBN   0-370-10014-X.
  2. ↑ Andrews, C.F.; Morgan, Eric B. (2003). Supermarine Aircraft Since 1914 (2nd Revised ed.). London: Putnam Aeronautical. pp. 315–319.



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