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A somewhat similar machine, but with 80 h.p. le Rhone, was built for the Shackleton expedition, but was not, unfortunately, actually carried-, the ship having to abandon its call at Cape Town, whither the Baby had been sent. A recent modification of the 504 is the 504 K, Mark II, which is fitted with a 175 h.p. Siddeley " Lynx " engine. This machine is fitted with oleo undercarriage and improved type ailerons which harmonise all the control surfaces. The Avro " Viper " is also a modification of the original 504, but is fitted with a Wolseley " Viper " engine. This machine is produced both as a land machine and as a seaplane, and a considerable number have been sold to foreign governments. Among the latest machines to be produced at the Hamble works of A. V. Roe and Co. mention may be made of the " Aldershot " with 1,000 h.p. Napier " Cub " engine, the " Aldershot " bomber, with 680 h.p. Rolls-Royce " Condor " engine, and the " Bison," with Napier " Lion " engine. The last mentioned is a fleet spotter. SHORT BROTHERS bd.**<«*». ••-••'-••$mmmm The Short " Cromarty " is fitted with two Rolls-Royce " Condor " engines. One of the first British aircraft firms to be established was that of Short Brothers, who commenced their activities as aeroplane and seaplane constructors (although having previously been manufacturers of balloons) in 1909 at East- church, Isle of Sheppey. The first machines built were of the Wright type, but later machines more resembled the Farman " box kites," although they had a nacelle with a verv small front elevator mounted in the nose. Short Brothers also were among the very first to fit more than one engine in a machine, and seyeral years before the war they produced machines with two and three Gnome engines. Of the machines produced during the war, before the death of one of the brothers, Mr. Horace Short, perhaps the most famous was the Short " 225," as it became known from the power of its Sunbeam engine. A twin float seaplane, this The Short " Silver Streak H all-metal biplane. 736
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