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1912
1912 - 0910.PDF
I/QGHT OCTOBER 12, 1912. THE AVRO MONOPLANE. NOT ISO very many months a^o we all, more or less, looked on the all-enclosed aeroplane as a dream of the future. But things move quickly in the aviation world these days, and him. He takes his bearings, and sees what is going on around him through non-inflammable celluloid windows let into the front of the fuselage. A window sunk into the floor shows him the ground THE TOTALLY ENCLOSED AVRO MONOPLANE.-Slde view. already Messrs. A. V. Roe and Co. and Lieut. Wilfred Parke, R.N., the clever pilot who flies their machines, have shown us the practicability of this type of craft. This monoplane is entered through an aluminium trapdoor in the top of the body, for all the world as if it were a submarine that was being boarded instead of a flying machine. Inside, the pilot is com fortably seated with his elevation and warping lever between his knees, and his rudder lever at his feet. His switch, throttle, and spark advance levers are to his directly beneath him. Those to right and to left reveal the surroundings on either side. When the machine first arrived at Brooklands it was generally Showing how thz fuselage longerons are strengthened by the application of three-ply wood on the Avro monoplane. Details of the Avro Skid Attachment.—A rubber insert is arranged between the skid and the tubular steel struts supporting it. right hand, and his various other instruments—his altitude recorder, his compass, his revolution indicator, his watch, his map holder, and his level indicator—a very important instrument to use with this type of machine, we should think—are arranged conveniently around thought—the habitats of that aerodrome invariably sit in solemn conclave on any new arrival—that, with the respiration of the pilot inside, and the fine spray of oil thrown out with the exhaust of the Viale motor, the windows would soon become clouded over, and The Avro monoplane, as seen from the front. 910
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