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NOVEMBER 22, 1913- I/Egjjl] face. The landing chassis fitted to this machine is evidently meant for racing purposes only, for it has been reduced to the simplest possible form, and does not even provide any springing of the wheels, so that it would not be very suitable for landing on anything but the smoothest of surfaces. For the purpose for which it was designed, however, it was doubtless quite good, and, as our readers may be aware, the chassis usually fitted to these machines is of the wheel and skid type, which combination has proved very satisfactory. The_ wings are of the standard Ponnier type with a Philip's entry, and a very pronounced wash out to the trailing edge. The spars are of rectangular section, hollowed out for lightness. The number of lift wires has been reduced to a minimum, there being only two wires—one top and one bottom— to each spar. The lower wires are not carried to the lower extremities of the chassis, which is the usual procedure, but have been secured to the lower longeron of the fuselage, the reason probably being, that should the chassis be damaged on landing the fuselage will have a chance to escape serious injury, while the lift wires will remain intact. The resultant angle of the lift wires does not appear any too good, but presumably the designers of the machine have such confidence in the strength of the internal wing construction that one lift wire to the under side of each spar has been deemed sufficient. The power plant of this machine is the same as that of the Dep., i.e., a 160 h.p. Gnome engine driving directly an Integral propeller of 6 ft. 10 ins. diameter. Wholly on ® ® Mr. Carr Wins Brttish Michelin Cup No 1. THE competition for the British Michelin Cup No. 1 closed on Friday of last week without anyone having beaten the record of Mr. R. H. Carr, on the Grahame-White 'bus, of 315 miles, and Mr. Carr, therefore, subject to official verification of his flight, wins the Trophy and .£500 for this year. Two Attempts for the British Michelin Cup No. 2. ALTHOUGH they were both unsuccessful two very fine flights in the competition for the British Empire Michelin ICup No. 2 were made in bad weather on Tuesday. Mr. Carr on the Grahame- White biplane, with a passenger, set out from Hendon and flew by way of Brooklands and Salisbury Plain to Shoreham, where he was forced to land on account of the gale, after covering about 140 miles in 5 hrs. 10 mins. • The second attempt was made by Mr. Hawker top of the rear portion of the fuselage is mounted a fixed tail plane which is of the flat, non-lifting type, to the trailing edge of which are hinged the elevators. A rudder projecting upwards above the body is hinged to The front portion of the Ponnier racing monoplane. the stern post of the fuselage. A tail skid of the simplest form, consisting of an elliptical leaf spring, protects the tail planes against contact with the ground. ® ® on the Sopwith biplane. He set out from Brooklands, and had very nearly completed the circuit when he had to land at Hendon owing to the breaking of the pressure pipe to the petrol tank. He had covered a distance of about 265 miles in five hours. The competi tion closes on the last day of this month. The Military Centre at Montrose. THE negotiations between the War Office and the Montrose Town Council have now been completed, and the former have leased a large area of the Montrose Golf Links for an aerodrome, to which No. 2 Squadron of the R.F.C., now stationed at Upper Dysart, will be transferred almost immediately. The new flying ground is much larger than the old one, and it is also nearer the Panmure Barracks, where the officers and men of the R.F.C. have their quarters. A Maurice Farman Navyplane in the air. 1273
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