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Short S.32

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radials. The S.32 had a tailwheel landing gear to overcome problems with a nose wheel retracting into a pressurised fuselage. The build of three prototypes for the Air Ministry was started at Rochester but due to the urgent need for the factory to build the
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issued two specifications (14/38 and 15/38) for large transport aircraft comparable in size with the
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16 day passengers or 14 night passengers with alternate high density layout for 24 passengers
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was a British four-engined all-metal long-range transport monoplane designed by
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3,200 imp gal (3,800 US gal; 15,000 L)
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The S.32 was a four-engined mid-wing monoplane powered by
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275 mph (443 km/h, 239 kn) (unpressurised)
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Abandoned civil aircraft projects of the United Kingdom
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
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Index

Short Brothers (Rochester and Bedford) Limited
Short Brothers
Air Ministry Specification 14/38
Air Ministry
Junkers Ju 90
Focke-Wulf Fw 200
Fairey FC1s
Bristol Hercules
Short Stirling
Bristol Hercules
radial engines
Junkers Ju 90
Douglas DC-4
Shorts Aircraft Since 1900
ISBN
978-0851778198
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"Origins of the Modern Airliner: Part 3: In England and Germany, 1934–39"
Flight
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Short Brothers
Biplane No.1
Biplane No.2

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