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1911
1911 - 0241.PDF
MARCH 25, 1911. if the wire gets tangled up in the propeller. Moreover, the propeller is not the least expensive part of the machine, and there is also the engine to be considered. On one occasion on which we witnessed a rather indifferent landing with a standard type Farman biplane we recollect noticing that one of the guy- wires had in some extraord inary way been jerked under the rock-lever oper ating the ex haust valve on one of the cylinders of the Gnome engine, and it is to guard against consequences of this sort that these simple precautions are taken by ex perienced con structors, and are,therefore, of general interest, although apparently of such a minor character. The system of control on the Grahame-White model is the standard sys tem,but the arrangement of the control-lever is uncommon and lft'G"Tl " Flight " Copyright. Sketch illustrating the Steel rudder hinge on the Grahame-White " New Baby" biplane. interesting. The lever is duplicated so that one lever is fitted on the left and another on the right of the pilot's seat. These levers are coupled together by a cross-bar, which can be hinged out of the way whilst the pilot is mounting to his seat. In flight the pilot has the cross-bar immediately in front of him, and can thus use either or both hands in the control; the move ments themselves, how ever, are of course of the usual kind, and the cross-bar, being pivoted at both ends, interferes no more with the side ways balancing move ment than it does with the to-and-fro opera tion of the elevator. In connection with this detail, again, the use of steel sockets consti- t u t e s a prominent feature, and although the design has incorporated an additional member, nevertheless the characteristic lightness and neatness in appearance has been retained. " Flight" Copyright. Sketch Illustrating how some of the guy-wires in the vicinity of the propeller are anchored to one another for safety^ in case either breaks, on the Grahame- White "New Baby" biplane. LIST A.A. and M.U., 9 Aerial Engineering Works, 3 Aeronautical Society of G.B., 21 Aeronautical Synd., Ltd., 69 " Aeronautics," 16 Aeroplane Supply Co., 2, 77 All-British Engine Co., 10 Allen Knight & Co., Ltd., 33 Almagam, 37 Basset-Lowke & Co., 5 Blackburn Aeroplane Co., 45 Blair-Atholl Aeroplane Synd., Ltd., 81 Bleriot, L., 43 Bowley and Sons, 88 Breguet, L., 76 British & Colonial Aeroplane Co., 47 Brown Brothers, Ltd., 18 OLYMPIA SHOW, 1911. OF AEROPLANE AND AERO ACCESSORY EXHIBITORS The figures after the names denote the Stand No. Burroughes, Wellcome & Co., 7 Humber, Ltd., 44 Imperial Motor Ind., Ltd Car & General Insurance Corp., 27 Clarke, T. W. K., &Co., 17 Cole, W., & Co., 74 Ding, Sayers & Co., 6 Ducrocq, Maurice, 80 Dunlop Rubber Co., 56 Dunne Aeroplane, 81 FLIOHT, 1 General Aviation Contract Co., 19 Goodchild, G. W., 32 Grahame-White, C, & Co., Ltd., 14,42 Green's Motor Pats. Synd., Ltd.,31 Handley Page, Ltd., 73 Harris and Samuels, 34 Hayes, F., 11 Howard Wright, 68 Hughes, Henry, & Co. IS Isaacson Radial Engine Co., 22 Knight, A., & Co., 33 Lamplough & Sons, 28 Leo Ripault & Co , 36 Mallinson & Son, 4 McLean, Mel ean & Co., 13 Melhuish, Richard, 41 Motor Boats, 48 to 64 Motor Radiator Mfg. Co., 8 Mossley Hill Motor Works, 12 Mulliner, Ltd., Long Acre, 46 New Engine Co., Ltd., 65 New Motor & General Rubber Co., 37 North British Rubber Co., Ltd., 26 Piggott Brothers, 71 l'olysulphrin Co., Ltd., 72 Renault Freres, 39 Ripault, Leo, & Co., 36 Roe, A. V., & Co., 29 Royal Aero Club, 82 to 86 Rubery Owen & Co., 40 Sanders Biplane, 75 Simms Magneto Co., Ltd., 38 Smith, S., & Son, 98 Spencer & Son, 25 Spiral Tube & Components Ltd. „ 30 Stern, Sonneborn & Co., 35 Trier & Martin, 70 Valkyrie Aeroplane, 69 Warwick Wright, Ltd., 68 Weston, Hurlin & Co., 24 Wolseley Tool & Motor Co., 51 TESTING THE WINGS OF A BLERIOT MONOPLANE WITH SAND LOAD.-Standing on the left are Mr. Grahame-White, M. Bleriot, Col. Bouttieaux, General Roques, &c. 243 D
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