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1915
1915 - 0334.PDF
THE HUNGARIAN LLOYD BIPLANE. CoMi'AKATiv ELV little had been heard of the Hungarian aeroplane industry until a short time before the outbreak of war, when, at the Aspern flying meeting, the Hungarian Three-quarter rear view, from above, of the Lloyd biplane. surprise to many, as the large biplane gave an impression of being rather heavy, almost clumsy, in fact. This impression, however, was not justified, as the weight empty of the Lloyd biplane is about 1,500 lbs., which cannot be considered unduly heavy in proportion to the size of the machine. Being built under licence, it is only natural that the Lloyd biplane should follow closely the lines of its German prototype the D.F.W. biplane, of which latter various types have been described from time to time in FLIGHT. From an inspection of the accompanying illus trations it will be seen that the Lloyd model belongs to the "Pfeil"or arrow type, having its wings set at a backward slope of 8 degrees. In plan form the lower and upper planes differ considerably, the upper plane having a nearly straight trailing edge, whilst that of the lower plane is almost parallel to the leading edge. This arrangement would seem to be open to criticism from a constructional point of view, owing to the great amount Three-quarter front view of the Lloyd biplane. Lloyd firm leaped into prominence by the excellent performance of their new biplane. The first machine turned out by the Hungarian Lloyd Aeroplane and Motor Company, Ltd., of Aszod, Budapest, which was, by the way, built under licence from the German D.F.W. firm of Leipzig, was not finished until just before the Aspern meeting, being, in fact, put through her trial flights on the morning of June 21st, the first day of the meeting. The same evening Lieut. Bier, who will be remembered as the pilot of the Etrich monoplane in the first Circuit of Britain, and who is, or, at any rate, was, before the war, managing director of the Lloyd firm, took the machine up to an altitude of 4i*20 metres with two passengers. This performance beat the record of 3,580 metres set up by Lieut, von Blaschke. On June 25th, he bettered Linnekogel's record for pilot and one passenger by reaching a height of 5,600 metres, and two days later improved his own record, pilot and one passenger, by 570 metres, and raised the record for pilot and two passen gers to 4,440 metres. These performances came as a 334 The Hoyd biplane as seen from below.
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