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1911
1911 - 1129.PDF
DECEMBER 30, 1911. accepted practice, we will confine our description to the latter of the two, of which a sketch is produced herewith. The body of the machine is constructed on the box-girder principle and to preserve its excellent streamline form is completely covered in with fabric. Arranged above the pilot on a superstructure of wood crossbraced with steel wire are the motor and the wings. The (fuvm Low C. G. type— LeDgth 22 ft. Span 30 ft. Area 176 sq. ft. Voisin. Price Weight 375 lbs. Speed 58 m.p.h. Motor 35-h.p. Barriquand and Marre. ... £440. THE Canard on view on this stand is essentially the same in every detail as those which represented the Voisin firm in the Military The Vinet monoplane. landing gear is characteristi; for its extreme simplicity, consisting merely of a pair of skids proceeding forward from the fuselage and a pair of wheels, mounted on a common axle attached thereto by means of channel steel outriggers and rubber straps. The flat stabilising tail is roughly sen-.i-circular in shape and flies circumfer ence foremost, the elevator, a rectangular flap, being hinged to its rear edge. WM»/ C«V*»HO The Voisin "Canard" equipped with floats. Principal dimensions, &c. :— A-type monoplane— Length 26 ft. Span ... ... 30 ft. Area 176 sq. ft. Price ... Weight Speed... Motor... ... £720. . 450 lbs. . 55 m.p.h. 50-h.p. Anzani. Trials at Rheims, with the exception that, from and alight on water the usual landing system of floats. Principal dimensions, &c. :— Length 26 ft. Weight Span 40 ,, Speed Area 473sq.fr. Motor Price ,£1,200. (To be continued next week.) being designed to rise gear is replaced by a 1,210 lbs. 56 m.p.h. 70-h.p. Gnome. ® ® ® ® Badge for Aero Club of France. THE Aero Club of France has now adopted a badge, which can be attached by members to the radiator-filler caps of their cars. The badge, designed by M. A. Schelcher, consists of the outline an ordinary balloon, on the centre of which is a pair of bird's wings, and diagonally across them a two-bladed propeller is placed. The Farman stand at the Paris Aero Salon, showing, in addition to the latest type Maurice Farman biplane, the Henry Farman monoplane, described last week in FLIGHT. 1137
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