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ifU^l the controls are arranged. The passenger, too, may take control of the machine, for at his feet he has a foot-bar working in duplicate with that of the pilot by which he can operate the rudder. He has merely to lean to his right and to grip the cloche to obtain control of the whole machine. Below the aluminium scuttle-dash in front of them are arranged two fuel-tanks which feed down to the engine by gravity. A third tank, of much greater capacity, is stored away below the seats, from which position it is fed under pressure to the other tanks. The wings are of customary Bleriot shape and con struction, and span 36 ft. 4 ins. Each wing does its share of sup porting the friseiage through three stranded steel cables running from JULY 13, 1912. the front spar to the base of the chassis, and by three further cables, which also actuate the wing warping, running from the rear spar to the lower pylone. Steering is effected^iby a balanced fin-shaped rudder mounted above the tail. Chief characteristics:— Motor ... 7-cyI. Gnome, 70-h.p. Net weight rotary Useful load Overall length ... 27 ft. 3 in. Capacity of petrol tank 24^ galls. Span 36 ft. 4 in. Capacity of oil tank Area... ...Approx. 275 sq. ft. Speed 770 lbs. 550 lbs 7f galls. 60 m. ph. THE MARS MONOPLANE. FLYING under the official number 23 in the Military Aeroplane Trials will be a machine called the Mars, entered by Mr. C. E. Kny, and constructed in the Deutsche Flugzeug Werke at Leipzig. As the photograph shows, this monoplane is of interesting and original design. It has a completely covered body, in which two cockpits are provided for the pilot and passenger ; the latter, who in a military aeroplane would be the observer, has a position in front of the pilot, and a clear outlook over the wings. Both pilot and passenger have the appearance of being seated very high in the machine, and, similarly, the wings seem to be low-pitched ; but in reality this is mainly due to the protective covering that arches over the top of the boat-shaped body. The engine, a 100-h.p. Mercedes, is situated in the extreme front, ® ® New World's Records. ON the 5th inst. at Compiegne, Legagneaux beat the world's passenger speed records from 10 to 150 kiloms. He used a Zens monoplane with an 80-h.p. Gnome motor. The new records are :- 10 kiloms. 4 m. 45^ s 20 ., 9 m. 32 s. 30 14m. 2I|S. 40kiloms. 19 m. 9 s. J100 kiloms. 48 m.3fs. SO „ 23m. 59s. 1150 „ ih. 13m.4s. and short exhaust pipes discharge the gases below the level of the wings. The wings themselves are built somewhat on the lines of the Etrich, at least, they have the characteristic Etrich upturned tips. The elevator and rudder are situated in the tail, which, by the way, is braced by long diagonal wires to the triangular mast above the cockpit. Corresponding wires pass downwards beneath the body to the main struts of the undercarriage, which is especially worthy of close examination as an interesting feature of construction. In all probability, Lieut. Bier, who is at the wheel in our photograph, will fly this machine ; it has already attained a speed of 80 m.p.h. when fully loaded with passenger and fuel for four hours. The weight of the machine is about 1,170 lbs. The span is 53 ft. and overall length just under 45 ft. ; the supporting surface is 350 sq. ft. © © In one hour 124-385 kiloms. were covered, the old record being 101 "25 kiloms. On the same day at the Leipzig meeting, Schirmeester on a biplane carried four passengers for 33 mins. 52 sees., and Oelrich took two for 2 hrs. 41 min?., both these figures being new records. The following day at Leipzig Hirth put up a new height record, going up to 4,100 metres. NAVAL REVIEW AT SPITHEAD.—One of the Farman hydro-aeroplanes after its arrival on the beach at East Southsea. 628
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