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1925
1925 - 0418.PDF
FLIGHT The Armstrong-Whitworth " Siskin " with 395 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley " Jaguar " engine is taking part inthe King's Cup race in three examples, one of which is of the type IV and two of the typeV. The two Siskin V's have been entered by Sir Eric Geddes and Major F. M. Green, and will be piloted by Capt. F. L. Barnard andCapt. J. L.N.B. Baggs, respectively. The Siskin IV has been entered by Sir Glynn H. West, and will be piloted by Flight-Lieut. H. W. G. Jones |NE of the firms best represented in the King'st. Cup Race is Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd., of Coventry, who have noless than four machines in the race, of which three are " Siskins " and the fourth a newtwo-seater biplane, the " Ajax." It is almost superfluous to state that all fourmachines are fitted with Siddeley " Jaguar" engines of 395 h.p., since the Arm-strong Whitworth and Armstrong Siddeley firms are now allied. The " Siskin " aeroplanes are alreadywell known to readers of FLIGHT, a long series of them havingbeen produced at the Coventry works for the Royal Air Force and the " family " having already reached the suffix V. Oneof the three " Siskins " entered for the King's Cup Race is of the type IV, and the other two of the type V, i.e., the latestmodel. Generally speaking the two types are similar, but we understand that the " Siskin IV" has slightly smaller wingarea than the type V and presumably, therefore, is somewhat faster. It would appear likely that the type IV is the fastestmachine in the race, although as pointed out in our notes on the Airdisco " A.D.C. I " that machine is probably very nearly if not quite as fast, so that it should be a very closerace between the three " Siskins " and the " A.D.C. I." The " Siskin IV " has been entered by Sir Glynn HamiltonWest, who also entered a " Siskin " in last year's race, and it will be piloted by Flight-Lieutenant H. W. G. Jones, M.C., who wasthe pilot of Sir Glynn's machine last year. One of the " Siskin V " machines has been entered by Sir Eric Geddes,G.C.B., G.B.E., managing director of Imperial Airways, Ltd., and will be flown in the race by Capt. F. L. Barnard,the well-known airways pilot, who won the first King's Cup Race in 1922 on a D.H. 4A belonging to Sir SamuelInstone. The second " Siskin V " has been entered by Major F. M.Green, who is at the head of the technical staff of the Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft firm, and who has, among otherthings, done a great deal of work on all-metal construction, special forms of which have been developed during recentyears at the Coventry works of this firm. Incidentally it may be mentioned that the latest types of " Siskins " are of all-metal construction, as are also several other machines now being produced at Coventry. Capt. J. L. N. Bennett Baggs, who will pilot Mr. Green's THREE " SISKIN " ENTRANTS AND THEIR PILOTS : One " Siskin " IV and two " Siskin " V's, all withSiddeley " Jaguar " engines, are taking part in the King's Cup Race ; one entered by Sir Eric Geddes, one by Sir Glynn Hamilton West, and one by Major F. M. Green. The three pilots who will fly the " Siskins " areCapt. F. L. Barnard, Flight-Lieut. H. W. G. Jones, and J. L. N. B. Baggs, respectively. 418
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