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1926
1926 - 0974.PDF
DECEMBER 16, 1926 with this engine, and certainly Messrs. Benes and Hajnshave produced a very business-like aeroplane. The B.H.26 is of perfectly standard Avia design, and there is little in thedetails of the construction which calls for comment. Now that the firm of Milos Bondy A Spol has been taken over bythe famous Skoda works, presumably more capital will be available for development work, and the two clever andenergetic designers of the firm may be relied upon to rise to the occasion and to produce machines which shall worthilyuphold the excellent reputation which the firm in its smaller form has already established. BREGUET THERE can be no doubt that at the moment the Breguet firmdominates French aviation, and the famous long-distance flights carried out during the past year on Breguet machinesgive the firm some claim on a leading position within the French aircraft industry. One of the exhibits consisted ofa Breguet XIX with 500 h.p. Hispano engine, which has been used in several of the long-distance non-stop flights ofthe year, and is claimed to have covered no less than 40,000 km The Breguet XIX can also be supplied as a seaplane, andne such machine was exhibited fitted with Duralumin floats, one of which was shown in section so as to make an inspectionof the construction possible. A fairly elaborate sketch of this float construction is given on p. 829, from which the maindetails will be clear. In the main this construction follows British practice, with the exception of the wooden keel, whichis no doubt intended to protect the metal against scratches when the machine is being beached, and the external channelsection stiffeners on the domed deck of the floats. Most interesting of the Breguet exhibits was perhaps thenew Breguet commercial aeroplane, the type XXVI T. This machine is of typical Breguet lines and the form of construc-tion is similar to that made famous by the Type XIX. It is understood that the XXVI T. is only regarded as an experi-mental type, and that it will be replaced by a later model, the XXVIII T., which will have a slightly larger wing areaand will carry eight passengers instead of the six for which accommodation is provided in the XXVI T. The tail planeof the XXVI T. looks somewhat inadequate in size, and it would seem likely that in the XXVIII T. a tail of consider-ably greater area will have to be fitted. The machine is so typically Breguet in its details that no further reference isrequired. A sketch, with the cabin wall removed, shows the arrangement of the passenger accommodation. CAUDRONIN our preliminary show report of December 2 it was stated that the famous French pioneer aircraft firm of Caudronwould exhibit but one machine, the C.I04. This machine is actually shown, and is a two-seater long-distance, recon-naissance machine of typical Caudron lines and simple mixed wood and metal construction of the type which Caudron hasproduced since the comparatively early days of flying. The machine, data relating to which have already been published,does not call for any comment. In addition to the more powerful machine, Caudron exhibited two school machinesand the little parasol monoplane, type C.I09, which did so well at Vauville last year, piloted by Van Laere, and alsoat Brussels. All these machines, however, are already well known to our readers, and it will suffice if we record heretheir presence at the show. DESCAMPSWE have been asked to correct certain statements made in our preliminary show report concerning the little two-seatcrfighter exhibited by the Sociite des Avions Descamps. Thus, [" FLIGHT " Copyright The slot for the undercarriage axle is formed by a shor twelded-on tube on the Caudron C. 109 parasol mono- plane two-seater light 'plane. it was stated that the machine is of all-metal construction,whereas in point of fact the wing and fuselage covering are of fabric. The performance figures given by our correspondentare also claimed to be incorrect in that they under-estimate the actual figures. Thus the top speed near the ground isclaimed to be 230 km./hr. (142-5 m.p.h.), while the climb to 5,000 m. occupied 24 mins. 53 sees., the speed at 5,000 m.being 196-5 km./hr. (122 m.p.h.). The Descamps type 17 A.2 is in the same class as theBreguet 19 and Potez 25, and it is claimed that it has a better performance. In its design simplicity of construction hasbeen the feature aimed at, and certainly the Duralumin tube fuselage is about as simple as anything we have seen. Theclaim that it is not only quick and cheap to build,' but also o o o o o o o o o o o o The Caudron Stand : The large O machine is the C.104, two-seater fighter, while the smaller types include training machines and a light monoplane two-seater, the C.109. O O O O O O O O O o o o [" FLIGHT " Photograph o o o o o ooO
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