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SEPTEMBER 30, 1926 4 ft. wide by 6 ft. high, by 15 ft. 6 in. long. The pilot's cockpit is located in the nose of the fuselage, which slopes sharply down to the central engine, so that, together with the fact that the lower wing is comparatively small, an excellent range of vision is obtained from all parts of the machine. A duralumin door located at the rear of the cabin provides easy access to the latter. The fuselage structure consists of a truss system of square duralumin tubes, about 1£ in. gauge, the vertical struts being bolted to the longerons by a simple system of gusset plates which obviates the need of welding and enables parts to be changed when required. The cabin portion is free from cross tracing wires, but the rest of the fuselage is wire braced. The landing gear is of the divided axle type consisting of two separate units, made entirely of steel with a very wide track—18 ft. 4 in. Each shock-absorbing unit consists of 24 iadependent rubber rings, readily interchangeable. It is possible to dismount each landing gear unit in a few minutes by removing only three bolts. For the Transatlantic flight provision had been made for an extra landing gear being fitted, directly under the fuselage in order to cope with the enormous load carried at the start. This extra landing gear could be dropped as soon as the machine got away. Naturally, a large amount of space is provided for petrol, necessary for a flight across the Atlantic. Petrol is carried in four tanks formed in the leading edge of the top plane, in tanks in the wing-engine nacelles, and tanks in the fuselage. The fuel is pumped up to the wing tanks, whence it flows by gravity to the engines. Several fuel pumps are provided and all the tanks can be interconnected or used separately, so that there is little danger of petrol failure during flight. The wing tanks hold sufficient petrol for four hours at full throttle, and for ordinary commercial work only these tanks are employed. Three Gnome-Rhone " Jupiter " (built in France under licence from the Bristol Co.) 400 h.p. air-cooled radial enginesare fitted, one being mounted in the nose of the fuselage and the other two on either side in nacelles midway betweentop and bottom planes. The general characteristics of the standard type SikorskyS.35 are :— Span O.A. length Height Wing area Weight, empty Total weight Weight per sq. ft. Weight per h.p. Speed (est.) range Cruising speed Speed (two engines) Ceiling (two engines) . . Climb (ground) (two engines) 76 ft. 0 in. 44 ft. 0 in. 15 ft. 18 in. 840 sq. ft. 7,200 lbs. 13,800 lbs. 16. 1 lbs. 11.3 lbs. 59—160 m.p.h. 140 m.p.h. 115-135 m.p.h. 15,000 ft. 8,000 ft. 1,100 ft. min. 400 ft. min The Atlantic tions :— type S.35 had the following modifica- Span— Top Bottom Wing area Weight empty Weight of equipment . Weight of fuel Total weight Weight per sq. ft. Weight per horse-power 101 ft. 0 in. 76 ft. 0 in. 1,095 sq. ft. 8,000 lbs. 490 lbs. 15,200 lbs. 24,200 lbs. 21. 8 lbs. 19 lbs. LIGHT 'PLANE CLUB DOINGS London Aeroplane ClubTHE total flying time for the week ending September 19 was 36 hrs. 5 mins. The following Members were given flying instruction :—Mrs. S. C. EliottLynn, Lady Bailey, R. L. Portway, R. A. St. John, H. Solomon, A. J. Richard- son, B. B. Tucker, H. F. Wight, D. Usher, Miss O'Brien, J. Barros, J. S. Boult,M. P. Susman, Lady Douglas-Hamilton, H. R. Presland, H. Flintoff, G. Vlasto, J. C. Elford, G. Black, L. C. Crammond, G. C. Bonner, D. P. H. Esler, G. E.Clair, O. J. Marstrand, F. Clarkson, Miss Fletcher, E. Cooper, G. Eady, L. J. C. Mitchell, S. O. Bradshaw, N. Jones. The following Members flew solo : Lady Bailey, A. H. M. Lees, L. J. C.Mitchell, A. H. Dalton, R. Malcolm, E. G. Richardson, N. J. Hulbert. N. Jones, O. J. Tapper, E. D. Moss.The following Associate Members were given joy rides :—A. Southgate, A. L. A. Petty, Mrs. M. Bell, E. Anderson.The total flying time during the week ending September 26 was 51 hrs. 15 mins. The following Members had flying instruction :—Lady Bailey,Miss O'Brien, H. R. Presland, G. Viasto, W. L. S. McLeod, R. L. Portway, P. O. A. Davison, H. Spooner, H. Solomon, A. S. Richardson, G. Black,R. A. St. John, B. B. Tucker, A. L. A. Petty, G. X. Howe, E. A. Lingard, H. F. Wright, O. J. Tapper, O. H. Best, E. K. Blyth, G. Lyon, Maj. Beaumont, D. Usher, J. G. Crammond, J. H. S. Game, Sir John Rhodes, J. H. Saffery,F. W. R. Martino, G. Terrell, G. C. Bonuer, F. Clarkson, L. J. C. Mitchell, T. C. Sharwood. The following Members flew solo :—E. E. Stammers, A. G. D. Alderson,R. L. Portway, E. S. Brough, O. J. Tapper, X. Jones, E. D. Moss, G. Terrell, L. J. C. Mitchell, Lady Bailey, W. Hay, E. L. O. Baddeley. B. B. Tucker, E. K. Blyth, A. H. M. Lees, G." H. Craig,'Miss O'Brien, Maj. K. M. Beaumont,R. Malcolm, R. C. Presland. The following Members had joy-rides :—Miss Wilson, A. Southgate, H.Spooner. On Saturday, 25th inst., Capt. X. Macmillan and Sqdn.-Ldr. M. E. A.Wright kindly assisted in giving flying instruction to members. R. C. Presland successfully completed the tests for his Aviator's certificate on the22nd inst. There have been two crashes during the month on G-EBLI and G-EBXP,the members concerned being Miss O'Brien and A. H. Dalton, both flying solo. The necessary repairs have been completed and the two machinesare now in use again. Hampshire Aeroplane ClubREPORT for week ending September 23.—Total flying time, 23 hrs. 20 mins. ; instruction flying, 18 hrs. 45 mins. ; passenger flying, 2 hrs. 45 min.solo flying, 1 hr. 40 min. The following members received instruction nights :—Messrs. Fry, 3 hrs. 40 mins. ; Shepherd, 2 hrs. 25 mins. ; Heathcote, 1 hr. 15 mins. ; Rumble, 1 hr. 10 mins.; Nicholson. 1 hr. 10 mins. ; Dobson,1 hr. ; Keeping, 55 mins. ; Bowen, 45 mins. ; Miss Home, 45 mius. ; Messrs. Malouy, 40 mins. ; Fowler, 30 mins. ; Dunning, 20 mins. ; Bound, 20 mins.Bishop, 20 mins. ; Courtney, 20 mins. ; Dickson, 20 mins. ; Sommer, 20 mins. Perfect, 20 mins. ; Westbrook, 20 mins. ; Karry, 15 mins. ; Stokes, 15 mills.Southcliffe, 25 mins. ; Cooper, 20 mins. ; Burry, 10 mins. ; Wing Commander Wyllie. 25 mins. ; Lieut. Musslewhite, 10 mins. The following members flew solo :—Messrs. K. L. P. Bowen, 40 mins. ;O. E. Simmonds, 25 mins. ; Lieut. Musslewhite, 30 mms. ; ai.d Wing Com- mander Wyllie, 5 mins. On Tuesday last, several members of the club who hold commissions inthe R.A.F., left Southampton in the Troopship Assaye for the East, and the ship was escorted down Southampton Water by a flight of Fairey " Foxesand some "111 D's," and one of the Club " Moths " flown by Capt. Thomson. The passenger's seat in the " Moth " was occupied by Mrs. Boothman, whosehusband was on board the Assaye, and Thomson flew round the ship, receiving a rousing cheer from all on board. Lancashire Aero Club REPORT for week ending September 24 :—The weather did not interferewith flying during four days. Total time for the week, 42 hrs. 25 mins. Owing to pressure of work in connection with the second flying display, thedetails are omitted this week, but the outstanding features were the amount of dual put in by Mr. Birley and the number of joy-rides given by Mr. Good-fellow. Fifteen hours' flying were put in on Sunday the 19th, which created a club record. The club is entering two machines for the second Yorkshire pageant, andthereafter Mr. Stack and the ground staff are being given a few clays' well- earned rest. Will all members please note accordingly that the aerodromewill be closed for club flying from the night of October 3 to midday on October 9 ? A full account of the club's air pageant will be found elsewherein this issue of FLIGHT. Midland Aero Club, Ltd. REPORT for week ending September 25 :—Total flying time for week,12 hrs. 10 mins. One machine only serviceable owing to L.W. being prepared for renewal of Airworthy certificate. The following Members flew dual :—Capt. Chaytor, Messrs. Fellows, Smith,Swann, Brinton, Brighton, Gibbons, Willis. The following Members flew solo:—Messrs. C. Knox, E. J. Brighton,G. Perry, W. Swann. The Austin Whippet was flown solo by a pupil for the first time on Fridaylast, and, with Mr. H. Willis as the pilot, performed successfully. DEATH OF "LARRY" CARTER WE very much regret to announce that Lawrence Lander (" Larry ") Carter, the well-known test pilot of the Gloucester- shire Aircraft Company, died in a Cheltenham nursing home on September 27, as a result, we understand, of a sudden attack of meningitis. " Larry " was very popular in the aircraft world and was one of our best and most skilful pilots and had accomplished invaluable test work for this country. He had a distinguished war service record, being responsible for bringing down several enemy aircraft. As regards his civilian air activities, it will be remembered that he made a pioneer flight from England to Sweden with Maj. Tryggoe Gran, M.C., and also made the first commercial nights across the Channel, eventually joining up with the Handley Page Transport Company in this work. In 1922 he won the Aerial Derby on the Bristol monoplane, and again won this race in 1923 on " Gloster I." He then became chief test pilot for the Gloucestershire Aircraft Company, and for them accomplished much valuable research work, until he met with his serious accident. His death comes as a severe shock, for it was thought that he was on the road to recovery. 640
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