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1920
1920 - 0071.PDF
JANUARY 15, 1920 ,_ ' fc sufficient for~a flight of 6J hours' duration, are placed behind the engines, and there is thus no petrol in the main fuselage. It might be mentioned that the Handley Page made the journey from London to Paris in an actual flying time of 1 hour 50 mins., which fact naturally impressed visitors con- OOOOO The Henry Potez Machines As a newcomer in the aviation industry, and as an un- known quantity as far as the majority of the foreign visitors to the show were concerned, considerable interest attached to the exhibits of M. Henry Potez. Two machines were shown, of which one was a limousine carrying two passengers SOME HENRY POTEZ DETAILS : The ailerons are operated via L crank levers. attachment. '• Flight" Coppright Note the simple strut siderably. The maximum speed of the machine is about 112 m.p.h., with a normal cruising speed of about 90 m.p.h. It is said that the machine is able to fly on one engine only (when that engine is developing its full power, of course), when the speed is 75 m.p.h. OOOO OOOO o o O The Henry Potez Q type VIII : This machine has its engine mounted with the crank- shaft vertical, and the drive to the propeller is through a bevel reduction gear " Flight" Copyright in addition to the pilot. The limousine—type SEA VII— is a development of the Potez military machines, the general outline of which it maintains, with the exception of the " hump " formed by the coupe, and of a slightly greater wing area to allow of a lower landing speed. The pilot O O O O O O 0 O o OOOO OIO 0 O F 2
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