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NOVEMBER I6, 1912. hi= pair of landing wheels on a long common axle. In his new form of chassis each wheel is sprung from a pair of supports in such a manner that if the machine landed in any sort of a side wind, Sl*6'l^Eft "Flight" Copyright. Diagrammatic sketch of the new form of control fitted to the Sommer monoplane. they could do nothing but collapse. From one of each pair of supports on either side of the machine, long curved tubular skids extend forward to meet the front elevator. They, too, seem of little use, for the steel tube must be insufficiently solid to avoid a smash should the machine land nose down, a contingency for which skids of this type were originally designed. The main novelty in the monoplane is a new system of control whereby the surface that ordinarily constitutes the fixed lifting tail, may be varied in attitude according to the degree of deflection that the rear elevating flaps are given. From the diagrammatic sketch we print can be gathered an idea of how this movement is effected. [/1JGHT] Presumably the object of this system is to provide a more powerful control, and we can but remark that, if this is indeed the case, the designer could have achieved his object without resorting to such complicated means. Vinet. A 50-H.i'. Gnome-engined monoplane is exhibited here. Like many more machines in the Show, it does not seem »o have changed Ssme Valuable Aviation Accessori :s. - • ANZANI certainly deserves every congratulation on the excel lence both in design and construction that his motors now present. At the Paris Show he exhibited six models, particulars of which will be found in tabular form on another page of this issue. The " Emaillite " firm, too, presented an imposing exhibit of their well- " Flight ' Copyright, The 50 h,p. Vinet monoplane. one whit. Since last year, its main peculiarity is that its body, totally enclosed with fabric, i.; slung below the wings, the engine, however, being mounted on a level with their leading edge. ® ® ® ® known fabric varnish and sheets of transparent material made from its same ba<e. Their output has grown from 300 litres in 1910 to 70,000 litres for the first ten months of this present year. ^.The General Aviation Contractors, Ltd., of 30, Regent Street, W., are fortunate enough to hold the sole agencies lor the British Empire of Aiuani engines, " Emaillite " and, by the way, Rapid propellers, which have proved themselves so highly efficient. Miss Bernetta Miller, an American aviatress, who has been flying a monoplane in America recently. 1057
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