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1923
1923 - 0626.PDF
1 OCTOBER 11, 1923 The Sayers-Handley Page monoplane, No . 23 : This machine is generally similar to the S.C.W. glider built for Itford last year, but is fitted with a 500 c.c. Douglas engine. The Prizes.Full particulars relating to the various prizes for which the machines are competing at Lympne have already beenpublished in FLIGHT. It may be of assistance, however, torecall briefly the main points. The Duke of Sutherland's Prize of £500 and the DailyMail Prize of £1,000 are both offered for the greatest distance covered on one gallon of fuel. The former is confined toBritish pilots on British machines, while the latter is open to the world. The course in this and in all the other competitionsat Lympne is a triangular one 12£ miles in length. Competitors are allowed to fill their tanks quite full, and then fly a certainnumber of circuits, until they judge that they have used more than one gallon. On landing their tanks are replenished, The Sayers-HandleyPage monoplane, No . 25 : Thisphotograph, taken at the Handley Pageworks some days ago, shows themachine without engine. An A.B.C.will be fitted. In the background maybe seen the third monoplane, No. 26. the amount put iri being carefully measured so as to give anexact indication of the amount of fuel used during the flight. If more than one gallon has been consumed the mileage isworked out pro rata. If less than one gallon has been con- sumed the competitor is judged to have used a whole gallon,his mileage suffering accordingly. The Abdulla Prize of £500 is open to the world, and is to be.warded for the greatest speed over two laps of the circuit. ^ n this competition there is no restriction on fuel consumption,and competitors may make as many attemps as they wish, and whenever they wish.The Prize of £150 offered by the Society of Motor Manu- facturers and Traders, and that of £150 offered by the BritishCycle and Motor Cycle Manufacturers' and Traders' Union, are both offered for the greatest number of completed circuits of the course during the period of the competitions. These twoprizes are confined to British pilots on British machines. Sir Charles Wakefield has offered a Prize of £100 for themachine which attains the greatest altitude. At the moment of writing the details of the rules governing this competitionhave not been settled. . The Machines.The majority of the light aeroplanes entered for the Lympne competitions have previously been described in detail andillustrated in FLIGHT. In the following notes we give, for theconvenience of our readers, a brief reference to the various types, stating in brackets the date on which the detaileddescription (where one has been published) appeared. In order to facilitate reference, the machines will be dealt with SIi in the numerical order in which they are numbered in thecompetitions. No. 1, the biplane entered by the Grigg Motor Company, isan unknown quantity at present, as the machine had not put in an appearance on Monday when we left the aerodrome.Theimachine is fitted with a Grigg engine, but this name does not suggest much more than does the name of the machine.No pilot has yet been nominated for No. 1. No. 2, the Gnosspelius " Gull," with 700 c.c. Blackburneengine, is a monoplane with " thin-section " wings, charac- terised by a " step " on the upper surface about one-thirdof the chord from the leading edge. The fuselage is a boat- built structure of circular cross section, and the engine ismounted in the centre of the wing and drives two pusher airscrews mounted on the wing. The machine was built The Sayers-Handley Page monoplane, No. 26: This machine is fitted with a Blackburne engine. The very small monoplane wing is provided with front slot, slotted ailerons, and variable camber gear. The wing loading is about 8 lbs./sq. ft. 626
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