Category:Short Scylla

The Short "Scylla" is practically identical with the "Scipio", except that it is a landplane. This makes it lighter, and therefore it has accommodation for 39 passengers. An unusual feature of the layout of the new type is the large proportion of the fuselage space that is occupied by the cabins. In the extreme nose is the pilots' cockpit with accommodation for the Captain, First Officer and, on long journeys, the Wireless Operator. When the machine is serving on the London to Paris route, the Captain or First Officer operates the radio set. Immediately aft of the cockpit is the forward cabin, which has seating accommodation for 10 passengers. The seats are arranged facing each other, six on one side and four on the other, and there are large tables between the seats, with a gangway down the middle.

Aft of this cabin is a large compartment with a baggage hold on the starboard side. On the port side is the kitchen, which is provided with every facility for serving meals. The equipment includes ice chests, fruit racks, wine cases, sink, cupboards, and so on, and there is plenty of room for two stewards to prepare meals simultaneously.

This compartment is followed by the middle cabin, arranged in a similar manner to the forward one and seating 10 passengers, while the aft cabin seats 19 passengers. Access to all cabins is gained by a door on the port side, and there is a small lobby at the entrance that prevents undue crowing of passengers as they enter the aft saloon or pass from one cabin to another.

The windows in the cabins are exceptionally large and allow a clear view from every seat; and in dull weather extra lighting is provided by dome lights in the roof. There are electric lamps over each table, and above the windows are racks for light parcels. The cabins are 11 feet 9 inches in width, and the first impression on entering any of them is of their spaciousness. They are all scientifically heated and ventilated, and each passenger can control the amount of hot and cold air passing round him.

— , -, , Meccano Magazine, , November 1934