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[/yen?] In both of these, aeroplanes, and sledges with aerial propeller drive, will be used, which will be a severe test for this form of locomotion under most trying circum stances. To leave one's companions and fly away into the unknown on an aeroplane must require nerves of steel. It is such a fast method of covering distance that no doubt much of the previously impossible will be accomplished. It would, for instance, quickly solve the question as to what was on the other side of huge fields of ice mountains, and for that purpose should prove invaluable; but it must be remembered that there is great danger in flying over these regions where, no doubt, JANUARY 3, 1914. landing-places are few and far between, and a man might easily fly into a fog or a storm and have to come down, and even supposing that he finds somewhere to land, a slight mishap might place him in extreme danger of not being able to get back. A man who leaves his base and flies off into the Polar Circle, to a very great extent take his life in his hands; but there is never much difficulty in finding men ready to do this, and I have no doubt trouble will not be experienced in that direction ; one can only hope that every reasonable care will be taken, and that the airman, or airmen, will receiveall they deserve from a not, as a rule, over-generous nation. ® ® AEROPLANE TYPES. THE MODEL E WRIGHT BIPLANE. SOME little time ago the Wright Factory at Dayton turned out a new type of biplane specially designed for exhibition work, which has given very satisfactory results in the air. It more or less follows the usual Wright practice, the only way in which it differ, being that a single propeller is employed instead of the two that have previously characterised these pioneer machines. There are, of course, several differences in constructional details necessitated by the new method of propulsion. One important feature consists of the rapidity with which it can be dismantled and vice versa. The planes are built up in three sections or panels, the centre one of which is carried on the chassis and bears the pilot and power plant. The latter consists of a water-cooled 30 h.p. 4-cylinder Wright motor, which is mounted on the lower plane alongside the pilot, on his right, and driving a seven-foot propeller by means of a single chain and a short length of shaft. The propeller is centrally situated at the rear of, and midway between the top and bottom planes, and its shaft is supported by a strut and three steel tie rods. The tail is carried by two pairs of V outriggers connected to the rear spar so that they are clear of the propeller. The tail is of the orthodox Wright pattern, consisting of a single elevator plane with a flexing trailing edge and a pair of directional rudders. Right in front of the machine are two "blinkers," which differ from those on other Wright models in that they are constructed of wood and are rigidly fastened at the bottom to the extremities of the skids. They are connected at the top by a thin tie rod, and the only other bracing required is a pair of diagonal wires from one to the other. The two outer cellules or panels are very easily detached from the centre one, the time taken to dismantle the machine for transport being well under fifteen minutes. The principal ® ® Nieuport Aeroplanes In Great Britain. A FURTHER addition to the list of British companies handling the best type of foreign designed machines in this country is an accomplished fact. Messrs. Nieuport (Kngland), Ltd., has been estab'i hed under very sound auspices, the members of the Board being Sir Inigo Thomas, G.C.B., formerly Permanent Secretary at the Admiralty ; Col. C. V. Hume, M.V.O., D.S.O., late of the R.F.A., formerly Military Attache" at H M. Embassy, Tokio ; Henri Kapferer, C.E., Knight of the Legion of Honour, the famous pilot, and Director of the A*tra Airship Co., which has recently delivered to England the " Astra Torres," the aircraft holding the world s record for speed ; Leon Bazaine, Director of the Nieuport Works at Issy-les-Moulineaux ; and Albert Picard, Knight of the Legion of Honour, who will fulfil the duties of Managing Director. It is intended eventually to build the machines in this country, and in the meantime Nieuport monoplanes will be demonstrated at Hendon, and the Nieuport waterplanes at Southampton, some of the best known Nieuport pilots coming over to pilot the machines. It is unnecessary to recapitulate here the fine work done on machines dimensions of this machine are:—Span, 32 ft.; overall length, 28 ft.; chord, 5 ft. 1 in.; supporting area, 3r6 sq. ft.; weight ready for the air, 730 lbs. "VEE JAY." ® ® of this type, but mention must be made of the winning of the Inter national Michelin Cup by Helen, the new height record by Legagneux, the flight from Paris to Asia Minor of Bonnier and it may be added that Dr. Espanet will shortly attempt to beat the speed records on a specially-built 200 h.p. monoplane. We understand that several new machines are now beirg built in the finely equipped factory and some of them will be seen on the Nieuport stand at Olympia. In this connection it will be remembered that the Nieuport have a licence for constructing the Danne biplane. Apart from Great Britain, other Governments which have purchased Nieuport mono planes, are the Italian, Russian, Spanish, Roumanian, Bulgarian, Grecian, Japanese, Siamese, Swedish, Argentine, &c, &c. Temporarily the offices of the firm are at 28, Milk Street, E.C. An Italian Stability Machine. FROM Turin comes a statement that Dr. Robiola has invented an automatically stable aeroplane, which is shortly to be tried at the Mirafiori Aerodrome. It is said to weigh very nearly a ton, and, fitted with two 80 h.p. Gnome engines, to have a speed of over 120 miles an hour.
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