Supermarine Swan

Infobox Aircraft
name = Swan
type = Flying boat
manufacturer = Supermarine


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designer = R. J. Mitchell
first flight = 25 March 1924
introduced = 1926
retired = 1927
status =
primary user = Imperial Airways
more users = Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment
produced =
number built = 1
unit cost =
developed from =
variants with their own articles = Supermarine Southampton

The Supermarine Swan was a 1920s British experimental amphibian aircraft built by Supermarine at Woolston. Only one was built and it was used for a passenger service between England and France.

Design and development

The Swan was designed by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine as an experimental wooden twin-engined biplane amphibian aircraft, in parallel with the Supermarine Scylla design for a replacement for the Royal Air Force's Felixstowe F5s.Andrews and Morgan 1987, p.87]

First flown on 25 March 1924 (as serial "N175") the Swan was powered by two 350 hp Rolls-Royce Eagle IX engines. It was re-engined with two 450 hp Napier Lion engines and had the landing gear removed for evaluation at the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment in August 1924. In 1926 it was registered "G-EBJY" and loaned to Imperial Airways as a flying boat with accommodation for 10 passengers until it was scrapped in 1927.

Operators

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* Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment
* Imperial Airways

pecifications (Swan)

aircraft specifications

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jet or prop?=prop

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crew=2
capacity=10 passengers
payload main=
payload alt=
length main= 55 ft 12 in
length alt=17.06 m
span main= 68 ft 7 in
span alt=20.90 m
height main= 26 ft 1 in
height alt=7.95 m
area main= 1,264 sq ft
area alt=
airfoil=
empty weight main= 7,800 lb
empty weight alt=
loaded weight main= 12,831 lb
loaded weight alt= 5,820 kg
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engine (prop)=Napier Lion IIB engines [or 360 hp Rolls-Royce Eagle IX in "British Aircraft Directory"]
type of prop=inline piston engine
number of props=2
power main= 450 hp
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propellers=2
number of propellers per engine= 1
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max speed main= 109 mph
max speed alt= 175 km/h
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range main= 870 miles
range alt=1,400 km
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ceiling main= 10,150 ft
ceiling alt= 3,089 m
climb rate main= 12 min to 5,000 ft
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ee also

Aircontent
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* Supermarine Southampton
similar aircraft =
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* Seaplanes and flying boats
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References

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* A.J. Jackson, "British Civil Aircraft since 1919" Volume 3, 1974, Putnam, London, ISBN 0 370 10014 X, Page 315

External links

* [http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=197 British Aircraft Directory]