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FEBRUARY 12, 1925 LIGHT 'PLANE AND GLIDER NOTES REFERENCE has been made on occasion to the competition for light 'planes held in Australia towards the end of last year. A friend of ours has now sent us a selection of snap- shots from the light 'plane meeting and Aerial Derby, as well as a few notes on the machines and their engines. These notes are in no way detailed descriptions of the Australian light 'planes, but taken in conjunction with the photographs it should be possible to form from them a fairly clear idea of the main features of the four Australian light 'planes ONE feature at least the Australian light 'plane competi- tion had in common with ours, or possibly one might truth- fully say two features : It was postponed in order to enable constructors to get their machines and engines ready, and the only troubles that were met with were due to refractory engine?. * * * 'THE Australian light plane meeting took place a.t the Clarendon aerodrome, Richmond, New South Wales, from AUSTRALIAN LIGHT 'PLANES : Two views of the bipiane designed by Mr. Broadsmith for Mr. H. W. Ross. This machine won the speed contest at a little over 70 m.p.h. In the left-hand photograph Mr. Ross is seen discussing things with one of his mechanics. which took part. Incidentally, it is of interest to record that Hinkler's Avro Baby, with 35 h.p. Green engine, is still «oing strong, and took part in the New South Wales Aerial Derby. The " Baby " is not now regarded as a light plane, but it is at any rate a low-power machine, and in spite of its relatively large engine it does (or used to do) better than 30 miles per gallon at a rr.iisir.g speed of round about 70 m.p.h. November 29 to December 6, and was organised by the N.S.W. section of the Australian Aero Club. Of the four machines that took part (apart from a couple of D.H. 53's flying hois de concours) No. 2, the biplane designed and entered by Captain R. W. Reid and piloted by Captain Moody, of the " Quantas," was deleted early in the proceedings by getting into a down draught, making a forced landing and over- turning in a ditch just outside the aerodrome. This machine AUSTRALIAN LIGHT PLANES : No. 1, the Wackett pusher parasol monoplane. Note the biplane tail. This was the only all-Australian machine, the engine also having been designed by Sqdn.-Ldr. Wackett. 79
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