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1910
1910 - 0188.PDF
I/DGHT] MARCH 12, 1910. A NEW ALL-BRITISH AEROPLANE. THE "A.S.L." MONOPLANE. VERY quietly, but with much determination to succeed, the " Aeronautical Syndicate " have, during the past year, been carrying out experiments in Wiltshire with a mono plane of their own design, and finally, after many trials, tage of leaving the pilot with an unobstructed view, and free from the annoyance of. the exhaust. The pilot's seat is approximately in line with the leading edge of the wings. ASL ^MB^Br^—.afa£<B^HnH^K^£Jn£^il|*i9 ^>^^ >"*- ^ ^//j^ d The new A.S.L. all-British Monoplane undergoing its trials in Wiltshire they recently achieved their first flight of several hundred yards. Their machine, as the accompanying illustrations show, is peculiar in flying "tail first," in which respect it may be said to resemble the famous Santos-Dumont aeroplane that won the first flight prize in history. The A.S.L. machine, however, is a monoplane, whereas that used by Santos-Dumont was a biplane. Unlike the majority of modern monoplanes this machine has a propeller behind the main planes, which arrangement possesses the advan- The wings have a span of 42 ft. and form a slight dihedral angle, the upward slope being 1 in 25. From the accompanying photograph it might be supposed that they were very similar to those employed on the Antoinette monoplane, but, as a matter of fact, they have quite a different camber, the maximum veisine in the wings of the A.S.L. machine being much closer to the leading edge than in the Antoinette flyer. In plan, the wings taper towards the extremities, the chord being 10 ft. at the shoulder and 6 ft. at the tips. The fabric, A close view of the A.S.L. Monoplane, showing the chassis and part of the main frame. The wings have a maximum thickness of 8 ins. at the root.
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