britishoverseasairwayscorporation

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'Coriolanus' was the last Empire flying boat in operation in the world. It was broken up in Rose Bay during 1948. TYPE; Passenger flying boat AUSTRALIAN SERVICE: 1938-1947 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Britain ENGINES: Four Bristol Pegasus Xc radial piston engines, each of 910 hp / 680 kW at 2470 rpm. DIMENSIONS: Wing span: 114 ft 0 in / 34.77 m. Length: 88 ft 0 in / 26.84 m. Height: 31 ft 9 in / 9.70 m. WEIGHTS: Empty: 24,500 lb / 11,125 kg Loaded: 40,500 lb / 18,338 kg (later, 43,500 lb / 19,750 kg) PERFORMANCE: Max. speed; 174 kts / 321 kph at 5,000 ft. Max. cruise; 142 kts / 264 kph Min. flying speed; 63 kts / 117 kph Rate of climb; 950 ft/min at sea level Absolute ceiling: 20,000 ft. Range in still air: 705 n.mls / 1305 km. CAPACITY: 5 crew, 17 passengers, and 4,480 lb. / 2035 kg of mail. Sleeping accommodation on night flights for 12 passengers.

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Mosquito PR.IV DZ411 used by BOAC between late Dec 1942 to Jan 1945. Heavily used on the so called "Stockholm Run" speed flights between 1943 - 44 transported valuable cargo such as ball bearings, but also now and then people. Stig

Wearing WWII camouflage, and titled British Overseas Airways with Red ,White and Blue stripes underlining the civil registration G-AFCX, Clyde flew to La Guardia Marine Terminal during the Battle of Britain . It also flew to the Congo in 1940 with the French officials who negotiated the alignment of French Equatorial Africa with De Gaulle's Free French