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1924 - 0308.PDF
(80 kms.). The ; to 6,700 m. in litres) of oil are carried. The maximum speed at ground level is 148 m.p.h. (238 kms./hour) ; at 3.000 m. it is 140 m.p.h. (225 kms.); and at 22,000 ft. (6,710 m.) it is 130 m.p.h. (209 kms.). The landing speed is 50 m.p.h. climb is as follows : To 3,000 m. in 8 mins. 25 mins. The ceiling is 7,950 m. The Armstrong-Whitworth " A wan a " is a very large twin- engined troop carrier, with accommodation for 25 troops, in addition to the pilot and engineer. The fuselage is built of steel tubing, while the wings have wood spars and ribs. The engines are Napier "Lions" of 450 h.p. each. The main dimensions of the " Awana " are as follows : Length, o.a., 68 ft. (20-7 m.) ; wing span, 105 ft. 6 ins. (32-2 m.) ; wing area, 2,300 sq. ft. (214 m.2). The weight emptv is 10,000 lbs. (4,550 kgs.), and weight fullv loaded 18,450 lbs. (8,400 kg?.). Speed at 3,000 ft. (1,000 m.), 97 m.p.h. (155 kms.). Another Armstrong-Whitworth machine is shown in a photograph. This is the " Wolf," a two-seater corps recon naissance biplane with Armstrong-Siddeley " Jaguar " engine. As, however, this machine is built to the order of the British Air Ministry, it is not permissible to publish any details. WILLIAM BEARDMORE AND CO., LTD. As indicated in the Historical Section, the Aviation Depart ment of Beardmores' has but recently resumed wcrk, and consequently no actual accomplished work is to be recorded. This must not, however, be taken to mean that nothing is being done at the Naval Construction Works at Dalmuir, where the Aviation Section is now situated. As recorded elsewhere, Mr. WT. S. Shackleton recently took over the post of Chief Designer, and he has since then been busily- engaged upon the design of several types of aeroplanes, both military and civilian machines. With regard to the former it is not permissible to speak, owing to Air Ministry restrictions, even were the machines completed. Among the latter, it is possible to state, is a very promising light aeroplane intended for the forthcoming light aeroplane trials at Lympne in September. Mr. Shackleton's A.N.E.C. monoplanes did so well in the 1923 competitions that there is every reason to expect that his 1924 machine will be something rather out of the ordinary as regards efficiency. In the meantime it is only possible to record that there is a rapidly increasing activity in the Beardmore works at Dalmuir, and that before long it will, it is hoped, be possible to give an account of at least one of the machines now passing through the works. THE BLACKBURN AEROPLANE AND MOTOR CO., LTD.* AMONG the British firms exhibiting at Prague is the Black burn Aeroplane and Motor Co., Ltd., of Leeds. The machine to be exhibited is a Blackburn " Dart " torpedo 'plane with 450 h.p. Napier " Lion " engine. This machine is a single- seater of large carrying capacity, so as to be"capable of getting off with a large- torpedo and a fairly large quantity of fuel. The machine is a development of the well-known Blackburn The Blackburn "Swift" tor pedo plane single- seater. Can also be supplied as a two-seater Bomber. Loading a tor pedo on the B lack- burn " Swift " torpedo 'plane, Napier " Lion " engine. • <•
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