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Aviation History
1914
1914 - 0301.PDF
MARCH 21, 1914. THE SUPERMARINE P.B. 1 AMONGST the newcomers at the Show, one of the most ordinal machines is the flying boat exhibited by Mr. Pemberton Billing This machine differs radically from any flying boat hitherto turned out in this or any other country, and is an attempt to produce as [/OGHT] (PEMBERTON imposed upon it. BILLING). (49.) Thus at the keel there are five thicknesses of wood, while from the keel towards the deck it gradually tapers off into four, View from underneath of the hull of P.B. 1, and on right the step in the hull " Flight" Copyright. Mr. Pemberton Billing puts it, a boat that will fly rather than an aeroplane that will float. The construction of the cigar-shaped hull is very interesting. The upper portion of the hull consists of two ! <ES3D three and two thicknesses. The step of the Iwat, which forms a separate'structure, riveted to the main hull, is built up of spruce, mahogany, rock elm and ash, beginning with the weaker wood near the nose of the boat, and having „the strongest wood at the step where the greatest load is taken. «• It will thus be seen that strength is obtained where necessary, not A END OF STRl'T D .STEEL PIN B .STEEL SOCKET E EytBOLT C ALUMINIUM FASTENED THRO'JPAR One of the strut sockets on the supermarine P.B. I, and on the right the tail pla "Flight" Copyright. nes. layers of spruce, whilst the thickness of the lower portion of the only by bulk, but also by careful selection of the materials best hull has been very carefully proportioned according to the strains suited for the purpose. In addition to this, the circular construction Pemberton Billing supermarine P.B. 1. 301 " Flight" Copyright. E 2
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