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FEBRUARY 8, 1913. made its first flight under the pilotship of Commander Samson, at Weymouth, in May, 1912. In span the machine will measure 48 ft., and it will be 24 ft. 6 in. long. The chord and the gap between the main planes are both 5 ft. Its weight is approximately 1,200 lbs. On the water, it rests upon three floats, two main ones of cata maran type arranged below the cellule, and a smaller float which supports the tail. In addition, a small float is fitted to each tip of "Flighi ' Copyright. The 80-h.p. Short hydro-biplane. the lower plane. As for its seating accommodation, provision ha? been made, in this machine, for two passengers to occupy the front seats, placed side by side, while the pilot sits behind them. The 80-h.p. Gnome motor is so fitted that it may be started by one of the passengers without leaving the machine. At the time of writing the machine is not yet fully erected, but it will doubtless be com plete in every respect by the time Olympia throws open its doors to the public. The Grahame-White Aviation Co., Ltd. This progressive firm, the proprietors of the popular London Aerodrome at Hendon, will be showing two biplanes, one a land machine and the other designed for water flying. The first of these machines is equipped withaoo-h.p. Austro-Daimler motor which GWU-MrtC-WHITe "<S7 " Flight" Copyright The 90-h.p. Grahame White military biplane. drives through a steel shaft and chains, a large diameter propeller arranged to the rear of the main planes so that the machine may be used for offensive tactics in war. The motor is mounted at the front of a streamline nacelle. The pilot, sitting behind it, is in a posi tion that makes for maximum safety, should the machine for any reason suffer an unusually heavy landing. The main planes are of the extensioned type, the top plane being considerably longer in span than the lower. For the landing gear, it is exceptionally strong, and has the original feature that each ot its two running "Flight" Copyright. The 60-h.p. Anzani-Grabame-White hydro-biplane. wheels is flexibly mounted in a slot cut in each of the two unusually wide built-up skids. The tail is supported by an open triangular construction, the top member of which passes through the pro peller boss. The second machine that the Grahame-White Co. will be showing will be a two-seater tractor hydro-biplane, driven by a 60-h.p. Anzani air-cooled motor. Its body will be somewhat reminiscent of Nieuport design, and it will be fitted with a pair of main floats of the long catamaran type. In addition, there will be exhibited on the stand various specimens of workmanship, such as a set of propellers, showing them in different stages of manufacture. [/SjcHf Messrs. Handley Page. They will be showing their 50-h.p. Gnome-engined two-seater monoplane, which is a well-known machine st HwtdOB and Brook- lands. It will be the identical machine that the late Mr. Edward Petre flew from Fairlop, through London, over the river Thames, to Richmond, and then on to Brooklands. The machine is distinctive by virtue of its gull-shaped wings which have negative incidence tips. Since it was constructed this monoplane has flown upwards of 2,000 miles and has carried scores of passengers. An interesting appliance " HUghi" Copyright. The 50-h.p. Handley Page monoplane. with which it is fitted is a Stol* Electrophone by which the pilot and passenger are able to carry on a conversation quilt easily, undisturbed by the noise of the engine exhaust. Reports have been current that Messrs. Handley Page would be exhibiting a biplane. The hydro-biplane to which these reports referred, however, is not yet in a sufficiently advanced stage of construction, and wisely enough, this firm of constructors have decided to show a well- tried machine rather than one which would have to be unduly hurried through the works. Their hydro-biplane, by the way, when it appears will be of the tractor type. Its planes will be of similar design to the wings of their monoplanes, and it will be driven by a ioo-h.p. Green motor. Mr. J. R. Porter, A.M.I.C.E. A helicopter will be shown on this stand, a general idea ol which can be gathered from the sketch we publish. The machine will consist of two parachute surfaces, one above the other, with a centrifugal propeller, driven by a 50-h.p. Gnome motor, mount< <1 between them. The engine will be provided with gearing, so that The Porter 50-h.p. Helicopter. the propeller may be reversed. Means will be provided to produce a forward motion by the use of flaps, which, the inventor states, control the air travelling between the two surfaces. The diameter of the outer parachute will be 14 ft., and the machine will stand about II ft. high. Accommodation is provided for the pilot in a small boat or coracle swung some distance below the parachute surfaces. Messrs. A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd., Will be exhibiting on their stand one of the 5o-h.p. Gnome- engined passenger-carrying biplanes that have given the War Office such satisfaction. It is interesting to recall, too, that a similar machine was recently supplied to the Portuguese Republic. Light, but strongly-constructed, fast, able to carry weight well, the 50-h.p. 147
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