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Airways liner "Horatius," one of the two Handley Page 42
biplanes used on the Continental services of Imperial Airways, has
accommodation for thirty-eight passengers in two luxurious saloons.
A crew of five is carried, including two stewards, and full-course
meals are served in flight. Similar liners are used on the Empire
routes with accommodation for twenty-four passengers. The "Horatius"
fitted with four 555 h.p. Bristol "Jupiter" engines, weighs,
fully loaded, 13.4 tons, and has a cruising speed of 100 m.p.h. |
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