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AUGUST 18, 1921 THE FAIREY TYPE HID SEAPLANE 360 H.P. Rolls-Royce "Eagle" Engine ,-. ,: • . IT is a curious fact that in the development of aircraft one comes across, now and then, a type which has survived through a much greater number of years than the vast majority of its contemporaries. This applies, for instance, to such machines as the Avro 504, which, originally designed in 1913, has undergone various slight modifications, but is still very popular in a form not greatly different from that of the 1913 machine. Another instance is the Bristol Fighter, carnage, and was used as a sliip 'plane and for general purposes. She was, also, we believe, fitted with air bags and hydrovanes and used for experimental purposes for alighting on the sea. Later on the wing area was increased, the same fuselage being used, and floats were again fitted, and the machine, still with the 260 h.p. Sunbeam engine, was used as a sea bomber. Finally, came the type IIIC which had a 375 h.p. Rolls-Royce " Eagle " engine, smaller wings and, conse- - •-; * ." " Flight" Copyright THE FAIREY TYPE HID SEAPLANE : Our photograph shows the » A.N.A.2," the second machine to be finished for the Australian Naval Air Service. Except for minor alterations this machine is similar to the standard type HID described herewith. which, although designed a good many years ago, is still considered good enough for the Air Ministry to place a large order with the Bristol Company for machines of this type. Again, take the machine at present under review—the Fairey HID. The original machine, the type III, which was known in the R.N.A.S. as the N.io, was, we believe, first produced in 1917, and had a 260 h.p. Sunbeam engine. A modification of her, the IIIA, was fitted with land under- quently greater speed than the bomber. This machine was used for reconnaissance work, and became very popular. Modifications of it were built from time* to time. Thus the machine which was to have been flown across the Atlantic by Mr. Sydney Pickles was of the IIIC type, but had larger wings so as to be able to carry the extra fuel. Yet another modification was the machine entered for the Schneider Race at Bournemouth in 1919. In this machine the wing m The Fairey Type HID Seaplane : Front portion of the fuselage, showing Rolls- Royce •• Eagle " engine. " Flight" Copyright m 552
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