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1926
1926 - 0755.PDF
OCTOBER 14, 1926 THE HANDLEY PAGE "HAMLET Three Bristol " Lucifer " IV Engines IT is now quite a long time ago that official publications, such as annual Reports of the Aeronautical Research Committee, referred to the intention to have built an experimental tnree-engined mail aeroplane to be fitted with three Bristol " Lucifer " engines. For months—or, in fact, years—nothing materialised, and there was some excuse for assuming that the project had been " shelved." It is, therefore, all the more gratifying to be able to announce this week not only that the project is by no means dead, but that, as a matter of fact, the machine is nearing completion at the Cricklewood works of Handley Page, Ltd., and will in all probability be flying early next week. The machine in question has been [•' FLIGHT " Copyright Sketches THE HANDLEY P-VGE "HAMLET"- Some constructional details. 1 shows the very substantial fitting atthe root of the wing struts, and also the arrangement and support of the port wing engine control which runs along the front of the front strut in guides. The connecting link between the crank coming out of the fuselage andthat on the control bracket is omitted. In 2 is shown the mounting on the wing tubes, of tte starboard wing engine as seen from behind The small flat-topped brackets are for the support of the oil tank. The engine ring ismachinedffrTm ^hTsolid and has packing pieces at intervals, as shown in 2A. Details of the leading-edge auxiliary ^erofoi arJsho\v£ in 3 The covering ^Duralumin sheet put on over wood ribs. One of the brackets supporting.he slotted tralirgedle flap! is shown in 4, while 5 illustrates the manner of attaching the bracket to the mam spar. 671
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