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SEPTEMBER 3, 1925 THE PIERO MAGNI "VITTORIA 1924" SESQUIPLANE A Novel Italian Sport 'Plane. WE give this week some particulars and illustrations of an extremely novel type of " sport plane " designed by Sig. Piero Magni, of Ttaly. This machine was constructed in Sig. Magni's private enterprise. The original models are shown in the accompanying illustrations. Fundamentally, the " Vittoria " is a " sesqiiiplano a ooooo ooo The Piero Magni "Vittoria 1924" Sesquiplane: About to start on its first flight (October 22, 1924), piloted by its designer This machine is fitted with a 50 h.p. Anzani 6-A.20, and has movable auxi- liary planes form- ing the main wing struts. O o o o o o o o o own factory, the " Laboratorio Costrurzioni Aeronautichc Pietro Magni," at Meda, near Milan, which was founded in 1921 and where a considerable amount of experimental and constructional work has been carried out. The " Vittoria 1924 "—named after the designer's sister— was produced primarily for the designer's private use as a OOOOO OOO triangolo afinezza variabili "—or, in other words it is a dorsal- wing, single-strut, semi-cantilever monoplane in which in- clined struts supporting the brings from the fuselage also form small auxiliary wings which contribute a certain amount of lift. While the wing structure is of the " thin-wing " type, it is nevertheless " wireless." The most original feature of A model of the first, 1919-a, type "Vittoria" sport 'plane (50 h.p. Gnome), showing (left) the auxiliary wings in normal flying position, and (right) in air-brake position. touring and " laboratory " machine, and, as will be seen later, possesses several interesting and original features. The first conception of this machine dates back to 1919, when scale models on' the same principle, designed round a pre-war 50-h.p. Gnome engine, were exhibited in the Italian section of the Paris Salon of that year, while models were also tested in the Eiffel Auteuil Laboratory, when it was a the machine however lies in the fact that the auxiliary wings are movable, i.e., their angle of incidence may be varied during flight from the pilot's cockpit, either simultaneously or independently. Thus, by setting simultaneously the two auxiliary wings at a large angle, a powerful air brake is obtained. Again, any variations in the angle of incidence of these OOOOO OOO o o o o o o o o The Piero Magni "Vittoria 1924" S esquipla n e: Another view, showing the cowling removed from the Anzani engine; the covering over the main wing at- tachment of the auxiliary wing strut is also removed. OOOOO OOO 566 •-• '• ..., -:~. -X- •
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