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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

"Принцесса"

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

The ten Proteus 600 turbines, providing 25,000 h.p., gave the Princess a cruising speed of 360 m.p.h.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (17)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

What must be one of the most magnificent sights in British aviation - the Princess prototype in majestic flight over the Solent. The all-up weight of the Princess was about the same as that of a fully laden Boeing 707.

Air International 1986-07 / R.Braybrook - Who Wants Fat Hair, Anyway?

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

"... the very attractive ... Princess at the SBAC Show at Farnborough in 1953." Saunders-Roe, once world-famous for its flying boats, as the author here recalls, has "ended up moulding plastic packs for mushrooms".

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-09 / ??? - Vintage Farnboroughs

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

The beautiful 150-ton Saunders-Roe Princess flying boat makes a regal pass down the Farnborough runway in September 1953, with Geoffrey Tyson at the controls. G-ALUN had been specially finished in an attractive paint scheme, though her two sisterships had already been cocooned. G-ALUN was scrapped along with the other two boats in 1967.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

Late in its flying life G-ALUN was finished in a handsome paint scheme, and appeared in this form at the 1953 SBAC show.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

The three-quarter rear view emphasizes the "double-bubble" hull and displays the Proteus tail-pipes above the partly-lowered flaps.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

First takeoff of the first Princess, Geoffrey Tyson piloting, August 22, 1952. A crew of eleven was also aboard.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

G-ALUN at the point of take-off.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (17)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

An aerial view of the prototype Princess during high-speed runs on the Solent on August 22, 1952. Shortly after this photograph was taken test pilot Geoffrey Tyson lifted the Princess into the air for its maiden flight.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (17)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

The prototype Princess G-ALUN on the Solent. Moving on the water was not an easy business despite the reverse thrust facility on the outer engines.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

Taxying out for the maiden flight with wing-tip floats lowered.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-10 / Personal album

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

Saunders-Roe’s S.R.45 Princess G-ALUN was an all-metal flying boat powered by ten 3,780 h.p. Bristol Proteus 600 engines. Brian Cox took a five-bob trip round Cowes harbour in September 1952 and took this pictures. The evening sunlight and the busy atmosphere make these photographs particularly pleasing. Fifteen years later, after years of speculation as to its future, G-ALUN was towed by tug to a breaker’s yard at Southampton, where the last of the line of great British flying boats was reduced to scrap.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-10 / Personal album

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

Мировая Авиация 230

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

20 августа 1952г.: в Коувс на воду спустили первую летающую лодку Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess (G-ALUN), два дня спустя ее поднял в воздух Джеффри Тайсон.
Этот самолет G-ALUN был единственным SR.45 Princess, вышедшим на летные испытания, показавшие, что машина обладает высокими летными характеристиками и отличной управляемостью.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

G-ALUN rests on her beaching gear on the Cowes slipway.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

Two of the three Princesses, G-ALUN and G-ALUO on the Cowes slipway. In the background is G-ALUO, which was never completed. Only G-ALUN flew, amassing around 97hr before it was Cocooned with its two stablemates.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (17)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

Saro test pilot Geoffrey Tyson gives scale to the Princess in August 1952.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (17)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

Looking even larger out of water, the massive Princess prototype, G-ALUN, is seen at Cowes on August 19, 1952. The first flight was made on August 22. The SR.A/1 TG263 can be seen at left.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Saunders-Roe SR.A1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1947

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

The first Princess is rolled out at Cowes, October 30, 1951.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

Two Cocooned Princesses at Calshot, photographed from Flight’s Miles Gemini in June 1957, when one of the nuclear-power rumours was current.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (17)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

In all, the Princess had 96 propeller blades - Geoffrey Tyson insisted that he could tell when an engine failed!

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (17)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

The prototype Princess's wingtip floats were flat-topped to align with the wing ribs when retracted.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (17)

The Princess was powered by ten Bristol Proteus 2 engines, each rated at 3,200 h.p. They were installed in four coupled pairs and two single outboard units. Pictured here is one of the coupled Proteus engines.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

A view showing the rear pressure bulkheads, 1949.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (17)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

Two views of the Princess fuselage being moved from its building stocks to the main Saro erection shop on July 26, 1949. The Editor’s father, E. J. Riding, can be seen walking stage right behind the line of onlookers.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALUN   [28]

Pioneering powered controls. The “bridge” of the first Princess, G-ALUN, showing the positions of pilot and copilot. A Mach meter is included in the instrumentation.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (17)

The full-size wooden mock­up of the 148ft-long fuselage in April 1949. By comparison, the length of Howard Hughes’s Hercules, the world’s largest ever flying-boat, was 218ft 6 1/4 in.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (17)

Wooden mock-up of the Princess’s flightdeck, giving some idea of the spacious cabin layout.

Aeroplane Monthly 1994-03 / M.Ashley - RAE removals

This beautiful mahogany wind-tunnel model of the Saro Princess was carved in the RAE’s workshops in about 1947. The Spitfire at upper right was the first all-metal wind-tunnel model.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-07 / ??? - The Princess landplane

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

A cut-away diagram depicting the seating arrangement envisaged for the de luxe version.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-07 / ??? - The Princess landplane

The diagram shows the projected modification to the Princess hull in the landplane conversion. The fine dotted line marks the original hull, and the heavy lines show the new profile and the new loading ramp. Revised cross-sections at four points along the fuselage are shown above the side elevation.

Aviation Historian 32 / C.Gibson - Hawker's Star Destroyer

A colour-reversed section of a 1958 Convair blueprint detailing the incorporation of a nuclear powerplant into a Saro Princess flying-boat. Convair was to provide the reactor and heat exchangers; the aircraft was to use Pratt & Whitney T57 engines, which could use either conventional fuel or heat from the reactor’s heat exchangers.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-07 / ??? - The Princess landplane

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-04 / B.Gunston - The Princess saga

Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess