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1926
1926 - 0504.PDF
JULY 22, 1926 DEMONSTRATING THE AVRO "GOSPORT ON Wednesday of last week,July 14, a party of foreign Air Attaches and representa-tives, and a number of others interested, paid a visit tothe London Terminal Aero- drome at Croydon to witnessa demonstration of the new Avro " Gosport " train-ing machine by Mr. Bert Hinkler, Avro's chief testpilot. The party were motoredout to Croydon in a num- ber of Crossley cars, amongwhich was one of the new six-cylinder models, and onarrival there Mr. Hinkler proceeded to " turn themachine inside out," in other words to show itscapacity for slow and fast flying, stunting, etc. TheAvro 504 is world-famous for its handling, and itwas quite evident that its latest version, the " Gos-port," has retained all the qualities of the older type,while incorporating a num- ber of features not foundin the prototype. As the " Gosport " has alreadybeen described and illus- trated in FLIGHT, there isno need to give a descrip- tion of it here, but wegathered the impression that the visitors were verv HINKLER'S BANK: The Avro "Gosport" wasdemonstrated at Croydon on Wednesday of last week before a number of foreign air attaches. much struck by the wayin which the machine was handled. Incidentally, itmay be mentioned that Mr. Hinkler had flown downfrom Manchester with but one stop at Coventry to fillup his tanks. After Hinkler's demon-stration of the machine those visitors who desiredto try out the machine for themselves were invitedto do so, and a large number were taken for" flips," all expressing them- selves delighted with thebehaviour of the machine. The photograph on thispage, as well as the two views on p. 443, showthe " Gosport " in various attitudes, and indicate thatthe machine is extremely manoeuvrable, and that itcan be safely " stunted/' quite close to the ground —in the hands of Mr. Hinkler at any rate. The engine with whichthe "Gosport" is fitted as standard is the Gnome100 h.p m n srupape. At the end of the demon-stration the visitors were motored back to town,while Mr. Hinkler flew the " Gosport " back toManchester. f" FLIGHT " Photographs FOREIGN AIR ATTACHES AT CROYDON: This group, standing in front of the Avro "Gosport,''includes, from left to right : Mr. John Lord (Avros), Sqdn.-Ldr. Kenny, Mr. Vladimirov, a representative of Brazil, Comdr. Floriose, Maj. Kennedy, Maj. Scott, Mr. Headley Thompson, Mr. Toll, Mr. Segrave, andEngineer Kunugi. In the cockpit, Mr. B?rt Hinkler. 442
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