- Design and development
- Operators
- Specifications
- See also
- References
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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 developmentThe 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.[1] First flown on 25 March 1924 (as serial N175), the Swan was powered by two 350 hp (261 kW) Rolls-Royce Eagle IX engines. It was re-engined with two 450 hp (336 kW) 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- {{UK}}
- Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment
- Imperial Airways
Specifications{{Aircraft specs
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|capacity= 10 passengers, or 1352 kg (2982 lbs.) of cargo
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|empty weight lb= 10114
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|gross weight lb= 13710
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|eng1 number= 2
|eng1 name= Napier Lion IIB
|eng1 type= inline piston
|eng1 kw= 336
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|max speed kmh= 175
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|cruise speed mph= 92
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|stall speed mph= 45
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|range miles= 300
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|ceiling m= 3110
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|climb rate ftmin= 510
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See also{{Aircontent
|related =- Supermarine Scylla
- Supermarine Southampton
|similar aircraft =- Felixstowe F.5
- English Electric Kingston
- Hiro H1H
- Naval Aircraft Factory PN
|lists =- List of seaplanes and amphibious aircraft
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}}References{{commons category|Supermarine}}1. ^Andrews and Morgan 1987, p.87
2. ^Andrews and Morgan 1987, p.95.
3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1926/1926%20-%200213.html |last1=Simmonds|first1=O.E.|title=Development of Civil Aircraft|journal=Flight|date=25 March 1926|volume=XVIII|issue=12|pages=180-182|accessdate=21 December 2016|ref=Flight}}
4. ^{{cite journal|journal=Air Pictorial and Air Reserve Gazette|volume=18|issue=9|title=}}
- {{cite book |last= Andrews |first= C.N. |author2=Morgan, E.B. |title=Supermarine Aircraft since 1914|edition= Second |year=1987 |publisher=Putnam |location=London |isbn=0-85177-800-3 }}
- A.J. Jackson, British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3, 1974, Putnam, London, {{ISBN|0-370-10014-X}}, Page 315
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