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1925 - 0422.PDF
FLIGHT The Hawker " Woodcock with 400 h.p. Bristol " Jupiter " engine, entered by Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith, will bepiloted by Flight-Lieut. P. W. S. Bulman. Woodcock AMILIAR to readers of FLIGHT since the earliest days of flying in Great Britain, is the name of Sopwith, and although the title of the firm is now become Hawker, scarcely less famous in the history of aviation, Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith, C.B.E., is still the moving spirit of the company and has entered for the King's Cup Race a Hawker " Woodcock " with 400 h.p. Bristol " Jupiter " engine. Unfortunately the is, in its normal form, a single-seater fighter and may not, therefore, be referred to in detail. The photo- graph shows, however, the general appearance of the machine, which is of normal design inasmuch as it is a two-bay tractor biplane with standard wing bracing. In a later and slightly modified form, incorporating all-metal construction, the machine is produced as the " Heron," one of which took part in the " Fly-Past " at the R.A.F. Display at Hendon last week. The " Woodcock " is very fast and may be another serious competitor to the " Siskins " and " A.D.C. I." It is, however, in no sense a racing machine, being built for quite a different purpose, and numbers of "Woodcocks " are beginning to make their appearance at the homes of some of our fighting squadrons. As already mentioned, the Hawker " Woodcock " hasbeen entered by Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith, C.B.E., and will be piloted in the King's Cup Race by Flight-Lieutenant Bulman,who, as announced in FLIGHT last week, has joineo. the HawkerEngineering Company as chief test pilot. Flight-Lieut. Bulman is regarded as one of the very finest of British pilots,and has been doing some exceptionally valuable work at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, wherehe has been carrying out experiments relating to the man- oeuvrability and stability of aircraft. It was, it will berecollected, Mr. Bulman who demonstrated the slot-wing Avro at the " Controllitis " demonstration at Croydon somemonths ago. His acquisition by the Hawker firm should be a great advantage, although his work will be greatlymissed at the R.A.E. It may be remembered that Mr. F. P. Raynham wasoriginally entered as pilot of the " Woodcock," but when the Hawker Engineering Company secured the services of Bulmanand wished to have him fly the machine, Mr. Raynham very sportingly stood aside. The consequence is that Raynhamhas no mount in the King's Cup Race, a fact that will be greatly regretted by his many friends, and also by the generalpublic, with whom Fred. Raynham has for many years been a great favourite. COMPETITORS IN KING'S CUP RACE Ident. Letters Machine and Engine G-EBKIJ D.H.60, 65 h.p. CG-EBKT.. D.H.60, 65 h.p. C G-EBKN Airdisco Avro, 120 h.p. A.. .G-EBIL .. A.N.E.C., 30 h.p. Anzani . . G-EBIQ .. D.H.51A, 120 h.p. A.G-EBIM .. D H 51A, 120 h.p. A. G-EBKQ Avro 504N, 180 h.p. L.G-EBDO.. D.H.37,275 h.p. R.Rj^^ .. G-EBGG grtsfoT Bloodhound," 400 h.p. Ju. G-EBLM.. A.W. " AJAX," 395 h.p. Ja.G-EBMA.. Hawker " Woodcock," 400 h.p. Ju. G-EBKL.. A.D.C. I, 395 h.p. Ja.G-EBLN.. A. W. Siskin V, 395 h.p. Ja. G-EBLQ A. W. Siskin V, 395 h.p. Ja G-EBLL A. W. Siskin IV, 395 h.p. Ja. Abbreviations—A = "Airdisco"; C = Ja = Armstrong Entrant Capt. G. de HavillandSir Ch. Wakefield Lt.-Col.Barrett Lennard Maj. J. C. Savage Air Com. J. G. Weir . . S. Donoghue A. V. Roe A. S. ButlerSir G. Stanley White J. D. Siddeley T. O. M. Sopwith Pilot Capt. G. de Havilland A. 1. Cobham H. H. Perry J. H. James Col. Master of Sempill Capt. CD. Barnard . B. Hinkler Maj. H. Hemming T. W. Campbell F. Courtney Maj. P. W. B. Bulman 66 6 Starting Time (First Day) h. m. s. 0 0 0 0 45 11 6 52 50 6 57 49 7 05 05 7 25 39 8 16 16 8 51 08 05 05 12 58 Lt.-Col. M. O. Darby . . Sq.-Ldr. WT. H. LongtonMaj. F. M. Green .. Capt. J. L. N. B. Baggs Sir Eric Geddes .. Capt. F. L. Barnard .. SirGlynn H. West . . Fl.-Lt. H. W. G. Jones " Cirrus " ; L = Armstrong-Siddeley " Lynx " ; -Siddeley " Jaguar " ; R.R. = Rolls-Royce " Falcon.1 9 279 47 9 479 52 4443 4351 Ju = Bristol H'cap Allow- ance on 2 Circuits h. m. s. 7 45 42 7 45 42 6 15 20 6 00 02 5 50 04 5 35 32 4 54 24 3 13 10 2 03 26 1 35 32 1 19 46 0 50 14 0 10 16 0 10 16 Scratch " Jupiter " ; 422
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