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1923
1923 - 0625.PDF
OCTOBER II, 1923 oooooooo At Lympne : No. 14, the R.A.E. Aero Club's monoplane, the "Hurricane," being wheeled through a gate in the transpor t test. O o o o o o o ooooo ooo R.A.E AERO CLUB LIGHT MONOPLANE 6QOcc DOUGLAS ENGINE SPAN .... 23'- O" LENGTH . . . I6'-O" MAX. CHORD . 4-IO" WING AREA .SO S^.Fr No. 14, the R.A.E. Aero Club's Monoplane " The Hurricane." General arrangement drawings. " Wren," and improved the morning's performance by covering 85-9 miles per gallon. This was not, however, sufficient to beat James's figure of 87-5 m.p.g. Towards evening Captain Hamersley brought out the Avro biplane (No. 11) with 500 c.c. Douglas engine, and com- menced to try for altitude " records," for which a prize of ^100 has been offered by Sir Charles Wakefield. The machine climbed steadily until it was a mere speck in the evening sky. When Hamersley landed it was found that his sealed barograph registered 6,600 ft. This figure will probably be corrected to something a little lower, but nevertheless the performance was a very fine one. During the day the two Poncelet light monoplanes arrived and were erected. They are almost identical, and are fitted with four-cylinder Sergant engines. No. 16 is to be piloted by Baron de Lettenhove, and No. 21 by M. Victor Simonet. The former machine made a short test flight in the evening. M. Maneyrol, who is to pilot the Peyret machines, arrived during the day, and his machine a little later, but no flights were made during Monday. The monoplane designed and built by members of the Royal Aircraft Establishment Aero Club at Farnborough, and known as the " Hurricane," was erected during Monday, but not in time to be flown in the speed competition for the Abdulla Prize. The Gloucestershire Aircraft Company's " Garinet " biplane had not yet arrived at Lympne on Monday afternoon, but was thought to be on its way. The three Sayers-Handley Page monoplanes were " incessantly ex- pected," as the French say, but did not, so far as we know, turn up on Monday. OFFICIALS AT LYMPNE : Lord Edward Grosvenor and Colonel Darby watching the flying. 625
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