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Aviation History
1914
1914 - 0032.PDF
A neat way of exhibiting a machine—one Saulnier monoplanes. Copyright. the Morane- and which have their lower extremities bolted to the upper longerons of the fuselage. By having the wings mounted in this manner, the machine must of necessity have a very low centre of gravity, but the makers claim that it is very stable and this arrangement certainly has the very great advantage for military purposes, that an unrestricted view of the ground is obtained. Another advantage is that the angle of the lift cables is exceptionally good, the outer cable running to the chassis, whilst the centre and inner cable are taken to the lower longeron and the nose of the fuselage respectively. Arranged tandem fashion inside a very comfortable cockpit are the pilot I and passenger's seats, the pilot being in front. Control is by means o< a central tubular column for warp and elevator, and a pivoted foot-bar for the rudder. In front of the pilot are mounted the instruments such as compass, altimeter, speed indicator, clock, " Flight" Copyright. Attachment of wings to fuselage on the Morane- Saulnler "Parasol." revolution indicator, and map case. Let into the floor of the fuselage behind the passenger's seat is a specially constructed camera, the lens of which is pointed vertically downwards. By simply pulling a cord the observer exposes a plate, and when the cord is released the camera automatically changes the exposed negative and substitutes in its stead an unexposed plate. The workmanship of the '' Parasol" as well as the other two machines exhibited is of the very highest order, and every detail is beautifully finished. The white fabric on the wings and fuselages in connection with the black enamelled steel parts and engine cowls, renders this exhibit the most graceful at the Show. The Moreau " Aerostable." 32 "Flight" Copyright.
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