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JANUARY IS, 1920 PV&SSa^ oooooooo .;-.- •/•••-V' i "-• ;-,- o :~ ^J:/•'';•>• ••, ' o o The Morane- ° Saulnier type A1, O with tubular wing o bracing Q " Flight " Copyright o o o 00000000 addition, provided with a fin. One, therefore, has much more faith in the directional stability of the modern version. The undercarriage remains much as of old, with only minor alterations to the apices of the Vees. The Morane-Saulnier type AS is similar to the AR, except that it is of slightly smaller dimensions, is a single-seater, and has its wings slightly swept back in order to enable the pilot to be seated behind the rear spar instead of under the wing, as is usually necessary with single-seater monoplanes having light rotary or radial engines. The third monoplane shown had a more powerful engine— 110 or 180 h.p. Le Rhone as desired—and its fuselage was stream- lined. The wing bracing of this machine was in the form of sloping tubes, acting as tension members in ordinary flight, and as compression struts when the machine is upside down or resting on the ground. Although doing away with the top bracing, this structure looks somewhat clumsy, and can hardly fail to offer a considerable amount of wind resistance. Finally, there was shown on the Morane-Saulnier stand the fuselage of an M.S. two-seater fighter biplane. This machine has a monocoque body, with wing roots built integral as in some German machines. The pilot sits just behind the top centre section, and is armed with two synchronised machine guns. The gunner's cockpit is immediately behind that of the pilot, and has a gun-ring with two machine guns. There is further a small gun tunnel in the floor of the fuselage, through which the rear gunner is able to fire in a downward and rearward direction. The engine of this machine was a Liberty 400 h.p., the only one at the show. L The Nieuport Machines On the opening day of the Paris Aero Show there were exhibited on the Nieuport stand three complete machines, all biplanes. During the night, however, one of these dis- appeared. Enquiries elicited the information that the machine—the small racer on which M. Sadi Lecointe had established a speed record of slightly over 190 m.p.h.—had been taken to the Nieuport aerodrome, as M. Lecointe was after more records. Thus the majority of visitors to the "Flight" Copyright Two sketches of the strut bracing on the Morane-Saulnier parasol monoplane. OOOOOOOO O O o The fuselage of O the Morane- O Saulnier two- _ seater fighter O o o o 000 00000 biplane " Flight " Copyright
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