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1914
1914 - 0543.PDF
MAY 22, 1914 [/JJGHT No. 21. No. 21. The 80 or 160 h.p. Morane Monoplane will be similar in outward appearance to the other Moranes entered. THE MACHINES AND HOW TO RECOGNISE THEM. The 35 h.p. Caudron Biplane (No. 1). No. 1. The 35 h.p. Caudron Biplane.—This machine is a standard type Caudion biplane, already familiar to our readers through descriptions in FLIGHT. The only alteration is that a different type nacelle has been fitted in order to accommodate the 35 h.p. Statax engine. Great interest will attach to the per formance of this machine, since it is the first public appearance of the Statax engine. It will be remembered that a small engine of this type was exhibited at the last Olympia Aero Show, when it was described in these columns. The Grahame-White Tractor Biplane (No. 2). No. 2. The 50 h.p. Grahame-White Biplane is the machine which is familiar to our readers under the pet name " Lizzie." It is on this machine that Mr. R. H. Carr has for the past few weeks been giving such successful demonstrations of looping the loop. No. 3. The 60 h.p. Caudron Biplane is similar in its general arrangement to the Statax engined Caudron, with the exception that ii has a standard type nacelle. The engine, a 60 h.p. Gnome, is partly enclosed in the usual way by an aluminium shield. The Henry Farman Biplane (No. 4). No. 4. The 80 h.p. Henry Farman Biplane is a standard type Henry Farman. It was on a similar machine that M. P. Verrier recently flew from Hendon to Monaco. The engine, as our readers are, of course, aware, is mounted in the rear of the nacelle, thus constituting this machine to be of the " pusher " type. No. 5. The 65 h.p. Martinsyde Biplane.—Although this machine follows more or less standard practice as regards itsgeneral arrangement, its performance will be watched with interest, since it is the first time that it appears in public. It is built of steel practically throughout, with the exception of the wings and the engine bearers. The engine used is a 65 h.p. Antoinette, mounted in the rear of the nacelle. The 60 h.p The Blerict Monoplane (No. 6). No. 6. The 80 h.p. Bleriot two-seater is already so well known as to need little description here. The pilot's and the passenger's seats, it will be remembered, are arranged tandem fashion, the passenger occupying the rear seat, just Lehind the trailing edge of the wings, from where he obtains an excellent view of the country beneath. No. 7. The 100 h.p. Maurice Farman Biplane is the iden tical machine on which Mr. Jack Alcock has teen doing such a great amount of excellent flying during the past months. Instead of the 70 h.p. Renault engine usually fitted on the Maurice Faiman biplane, this machine is equipped with a 100 h.p. Sunbeam engine, which of cour.se increases its speed considerably.
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