The English Electric P.5 Kingston was a British twin-engined biplane flying boat built by English Electric Company. An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft. ... The Maiden flight of an aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1924: Events January January 29 - Pateras Pesara flies an experimental helicopter in Paris. ...

History

When the the English Electric Company was fomred in 1918 from several companies the Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Company brought with them the two prototype reconnaissance flying boats, the Phoenix P.5 Cork. Redesigned by English Electric it appeared as the English Electric P.5 Kingston with a production order for five aircraft.

The Kingston had a redesigned wingtip floats, extended upper-wing ailerons, and a larger fin and rudder. The first aircraft flew in 1924 but was lost during trials at Felixstowe in April 1925. This was followed by four Kingston I. With a change to a new duralumin hull came the sole Kingston II. The last aircraft to be built had yet another hull, but this reverted to wooden contruction, and was known as the Kingston III. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1924: Events January January 29 - Pateras Pesara flies an experimental helicopter in Paris. ... Statistics Population: 29,349 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TM306345 Administration District: Suffolk Coastal Shire county: Suffolk Region: East of England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Suffolk Historic county: Suffolk Services Police force: Suffolk Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: East of England... This is a list of aviation-related events from Germany, in-flight (silent) movies shown in commercial airliners for the first time. ... Duralumin (also called duraluminum, duraluminium or dural) is the name of one of the earliest types of age-hardenable aluminium alloys. ...

With no orders forthcoming the English Electric Company closed its aircraft department in 1926 for the next 22 years. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1926: Events United Airlines established. ...

Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: 6
• Length: 52 ft 9 in (16.08 m)
• Wingspan: 85 ft 6 in (26.06 m)
• Height: 20 ft 11 in (6.38 m)
• Wing area: 1,273 ft² (118.26 m²)
• Empty weight: 8,739 lb ()
• Max takeoff weight: 14,117 lb (6,403 kg)
• Powerplant: 2× Napier Lion 12-cylinder piston, 450 hp (336 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 109 mph (175 km/h)
• Range: 520 mi (837 km)
• Service ceiling: 9,040 ft (2,755 m)

Armament

• 5× 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis machine gun
• Up to 1,040 lb (472 kg) of bombs

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Reference

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 

External Links

• British Aircraft Directory

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