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1924 - 0512.PDF
,|GJ" AUGUST 14, 1924 THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE U.K. OFFICIAL NOTICES TO MEMBERS TWO-SEATER LIGHT AEROPLANE COMPETITION M» Notice to Competitors THE magneto will be included in the Schedule of Replacements permitted (Engine Parts). The following entries have been received :— (1) The Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd. (2) The Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd. (3) The Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd. (4) Messrs. William Beardmore and Co., Ltd. (5) Westland Aircraft Works. (6) Westland Aircraft Works. (7) The Air Navigation and Engineering Co., Lti. (8) Messrs. Short Bros., Ltd. (9) Supermarine Aviation Works, Ltd. . (10) Messrs. A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd. (11) Messrs. A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd. (12) The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co., Ltd. (13) Frank Ernest Raine. Entries The entry fee is £20. This fee, together with the entry form, must be received by the Royal Aero Club not later than August 22, 1924. Late entries will be received up to 12 noon on September 5, 1924. Late entry fee, £40. Offices: THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3. CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. i. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary GLIDE Those wishing to get in touch with others interested in matters relating to gliding and the construction of gliders are invited to write to the Editor of FLIGHT, who will he pleased to publish such communications on this page, in order to bring together those who would like to co-operate, either in forming gliding clubs or in private collaboration. Two official statements of more than ordinary interest are published in this week's issue of FLIGHT. One precedes these notes, and one follows after them. The former, published under the Official Notices of the Royal Aero Club, informs us that up to the present 13 light 'planes have been entered for the Lympne competitions. The latter is an announce ment by the Air Ministry relating to the formation of light plane clubs throughout the British Isles. W FROM the Royal Aero Club announcement it will be seen that the Bristol Aeroplane Company has entered no less than three machines. What these are we are not yet permitted to state, but it goes without saying, of course, that they have been designed by Captain Barnwell, and, secondly, that they will be fitted with Bristol " Cherub " engines. Incidentally, we have heard, although not from the makers, that the new " Cherub " has now passed its type tests, and that it develops 32-6 b.h.p. at 3,200 r.p.m. These figures are given with reserve, as we have not the official figures relating to the type tests. * * * THAT Wm, Beardmore and Company were entering a machine was already known, and also the fact that it has. been designed by Mr. W. S. Shackleton, whose very successful A.N.E.C. monoplane of last year will have another counter part in the A.N.E.C. monoplane two-seater entered this year, and which Mr. Shackleton designed before leaving the Addlestone firm. It seems likely that there may be a good deal of similarity between the two machines, so that a com parison should be interesting. * * * OF the two machines entered by the Westland Aircraft Works we believe one is a biplane and the other a monoplane. Details are not available at present, but it may be taken for granted that the Yeovil firm will produce machines of no small interest, having shown in the past a willingness to undertake the design and construction of machines of some what unorthodox design. * * * THE monoplane entered by Short Brothers has already been described and illustrated in FLIGHT (July 24, 1924). It is fitted with a Bristol " Cherub " engine, and is interesting on account of the all-metal monocoque fuselage, which is similar in construction to those of the Short " Silver Streak " and " Springbok " machines. * * * OF particular interest is the announcement that the Super- marine Aviation Works have entered a machine. With the exception of a few experimental land machines, including the famous P.B. " Seven-day 'bus," built in the early days of the firm, no aeroplane has been produced at Woolston, work there being confined entirely to flying boats. It will be of more than passing interest to see the sort of machine Mr. Mitchell turns out. That it will be a fine piece of work is scarcely to be doubted. Perhaps it will be a miniature " flying boat on wheels " ! * * * AFTER the splendid performance put up by Hinkler and Hamersley on the Avro machines last year, it was to be expected that there would be a couple of Avros again this year, and this proves to be the case. Whether they will be of different or of similar types we refrain from saying at the moment, but they are sure to be typical Avros, with good performance, excellent manoeuvrability and easy to handle. A MAN-PROPELLED MACHINE : This biplane, designed and built by Mr. F. P. Fraper, of East Dulwich, has its top 'plane rigidly fixed, while the bottom 'plane " beats " the air when operated by the pilot.
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