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1922
1922 - 0640.PDF
15^ NOVEMBER 2, 1922 A TROLLEY-RACE BETWEEN TWO TEAMS : On the left, Raynham, Wallace Barr, and Flight Lieut. Longton are seen wheeling their machine to the top of the hill, while Commander Perrin is trying to light a cigar. On the right, Perrin, Longton, Raynham and Wallace Barr are getting away from the rival team, one of whom is Howard Wright, who was somewhat knocked about when his " Ship " struck a gate. Although the machine did exceptionally well in the competi tion, it is felt that certain improvements are required, and these will be incorporated in the next machine. A YOUNG German lady, Fraulein Hansen of Magdeburg, is reported to have made a flight of five minutes' duration in a glider designed and constructed by herself. touch with others on Tyneside interested in gliding, in order to discuss the formation of a gliding club, with the object of designing, building and flying gliders. # * * MR. ALEX. PEACOCK, of 37, Oakland Road, W. Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne, informs us that he is willing to join in the formation of a gliding club in his district. As he is he states, a partner in a woodworking and engineering firm FOR IDLE MOMENTS : Competitors and officials were never at a loss for amusements during unsuitable weather conditions. Our pictures show the " Sand Yacht " rigged up from a trolley, a glider wing, etc., making successful beats down the hill-side. A GLIDING club, to be known as I'Icare, is being formed in France. A technical committee of the club is being formed so as to deal with inventions and designs. The President of the Club is M. Lucien Martin, of 51, Rue de Belleville, Paris. * * * MR. J. W. HOLMES, of 18, Ocean View, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, writes us that he is desirous of getting in his services and experience might be of considerable value to a club in the district. * * * MESSRS. BEARD AND FITCH, of 34, Aylesbury Street, London, E.C. 1, wish us to state that, although they are gear-cutting specialists and experimental engineers, they are quite prepared to undertake construction of gliders to clients' own designs, and to give advice on inventions in connection with gliders. THE HANDASYDE MONOPLANE GLIDER The Machine on which Raynham Remained Up for Nearly Two Hours THE Handasyde Monoplane Glider was designed by Raynham and Sydney Camm in conjunction with Mr. Handasyde. It was built for the Handasyde Aircraft Co. by the Air Navi gation Co. (B16riot's) at Addlestone. It is characterised by a large tapered cantilever wing, whose section at the root, and for a distance of 4 ft. out from the centre line, is that known as Gottingen No. 441. The, fuselage is of very small cross-sectional area, and is constructed of a light framework of spruce, covered with three-ply. In order to lighten the fuselage the ply-wood covering has had circles cut out in each bay, but fabric covering is put on over the three-ply. It would appear that the particular method of cutting away is open to criticism, and it might have been better to leave diagonal strips in each bay, cutting away triangular pieces only, as in this manner each bay would have been triangulated, which can scarcely be the case with the whole centre cut away. However, in spite of this the fuselage appears to be very rigid, also against torsional stresses, and no difficulty whatever was experienced in this respect. At the stern the body terminates in a horizontal strip about 2 ins, deep, to 640
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