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1923
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JULY 26, 1923 The Heinkel H.E.3 cantilever monoplane (80-110 h.p. Siemens-Sternmotor), with floats. 1 - > '._ • .; • The Heinkel H.E.3 fitted with wheel undercarriage for land work. release is of very simple design, consisting of a couple of" meat skewers" passing through the brackets laterally. When the " skewers " are pulled into the hull the bombs arefree to drop. CzechoslovakiaONE commercial and one military machine are exhibited by Czechoslovakia. The former is designed and built by the aeroworks of Praha, and is known as the A. 10 5. The latter is a product of the Army Factory, and is a single-seater fighterknown as the A.18 10. Both have water-cooled engines. The commercial machine is an ordinary tractor type with enclosedcabin. It is said to have been designed by a former designer of the Gotha works, and certainly has a German look about it. A somewhat similar machine was described in FLIGHTa couple of years ago or so. The single-seater fighter is of orthodox design, and does notappear to possess any unusual features. Particulars relating to performance are not available at the moment. Items OUR ubiquitous Director of Civil Aviation, General Sir Sefton Brancker, was one of the first to arrive at I.L.U.G., where he was busy examining the machines on the day before the opening of the exhibition. General Brancker, who still walks with a limp, flew over as passenger with Alan Cobham in a D.H.9. The trip was made in one day, and in a total IS m H E IS H H '.H H1 HIM The StahlwerkR. IV monoplane —a larger editionof the R. Ill, fitted with a55 h.p. engine. Front and side views of the Stahlwerk R.III sport monoplane, fitted with a two-cylinder 30-40 h.p. engine. 430
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