Some interesting devices appear in the new de Havilland Flamingo airliners, one of which. by the way has been ordered for the King. The Flamingo has a cabin-air range of 1,250 miles with a maximum cruising speed of 227 m.p.h. and very comfortable accommodation for 12 to 20 passengers.
In most flights the danger point is reached just after the aircraft has left the ground and is making its initial flight. If the power gives out at this point. the pilot has no air-room in which to do anything and he crashes. In the Flamingo one engine alone can keep the machine level and even make it climb. With
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