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1921
1921 - 0505.PDF
JULY 28, 1921 THE REMINGTON-BURNELLI "AIRLINER" TWIN-ENGINE COMMERCIAL BIPLANE SOME brief particulars, which we reproduce herewith, of a very interesting machine are given in our American contem- poraries Aviation and Aerial Age. As will be seen from the accompanying illustrations, this machine, which has been built by the Airliner Engineering Corp., of Amityville, wide in front and is built in the shape of an aerofoil; it thus contributes to the lift of the machine. The power plant is composed of two Liberty XII 400 h.p. engines driving tractor propellers. Owing to the width of the fuselage it was possible to house both engines in the nose instead of mounting them in Four views of the Remington-Burnelli " Airliner " Twin-Engine Commercial Biplane. On the left are side and front views, showing the wide " aerofoil" fuselage ; on the right, at the top, is a rear view, and below an interior view of the port side of the passengers' cabin, the full accommodation of which is 30. _ Long Island, to the designs of Vincent J. Burnelli, is a large commercial biplane of distinctive appearance, embodying a great number of original ideas. Chief among these is the great width of the fuselage', which may be visualised from the view showing one-half of the cabin. The fuselage is 14 ft. separate wing nacelles. A great deal of parasite resistance was thus done away with and the arranjgement has the further advantage that it enables the mechanic to adjust the engines in flight. Although no constructional details of the Airliner are as yet 1 X Another view of the Remington-Burnelli " Airliner.' '-.-•. •• v .•: ••; 505 --.•• ~ ;-, : • D 2
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