The tremendous demand for a craft and the confidence felt in British manufacture are shown by the fact that aeroplanes are actually being bought before they have been seen or tried.
Thus the new twin-engined cabin aeroplane produced by Percival Aircraft at Luton has been sold to purchasers in Irag and India without their having seen it.
"The Times" correspondent saw one of these machines in the air at Luton and is sure the purchasers will not be disappointed. It proved very easy to bande and steady, most noticeably Captain Percival was feeling his way down through fog.
The immediate success of this little mately to be descended from the Mew Gull ' single-seat sporting, machine, Which, with a 205 h.o. engine, makes. a top speed of 230 miles an hour, says "The Times" correspondent. The Q6. using two Gipsy Six LI (205 h.p.) engines, carries six people at a cruising speed of 176 miles an hour, and may, with a retractable undercarriage, cruise at 196 miles an hour. Its wing-taper is of the same order as that of the Mew Gull; its flaps are similar. Tts cabin is comfortable and is tastefully finished. Those who travel in it on the four-hour journey: its petrol supply allows should have nothing to complain about. Its landings at 55 miles an hour are easy and well controlled The immediate success of this little low-wing liner affords fresh evidence of the market that exists for small economical aircraft. The condition of the Percival works provides further evidence. This is one of the few factories which have undertaken no work arising out of the R.A.F. expansion Behere: but it is fully occupied. making wooden aircraft and the dozens of metal fittings which go with them.
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