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1926
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DECEMBER 23, 1926 13 m s E E E E E E E E H m m H E E H E H E E H E E H E Two Vojenska machines. In the foreground the S .16 , a long- distance recon- naissance biplane with 450 h.p. Lorraine engine. In the back- ground the little S.18, a school machine with 60 [h.p. Walter engine. [" FLIGHT " Photograph E E E E E E E plane is placed very high in relation to the body, doubtless inorder to retain a good gap/chord ratio. The other machine exhibited was a type V, two-seater nightfighter equipped with landing lights and other equipment necessary to its function. In place of the Vee interplane .-strutsof the avion marin the type V had single " I " struts built up of rectangular section duralumin tubes faired with sheetaluminium, and provided with incidence adjustment in the form of short rods from the main tube to the two wing spars.The machine is of normal construction, with ply-wood covered fuselage and wood wing spars and ribs. It is a clean-lookingjob and is credited with a top speed at ground level of 224 km./h. (139 m.p.h.). VOJENSKA TOVARNA NA LETADLA THE Military Aircraft Factory of Prague was reported in Actually,our issue of December 2 to exhibit three machines. however, but two were shown, the " absentee " being the type S. 20 single-seater fighter with Skoda-built Hispano-Suiza. Presumably there was room for no more machines on the Czechoslovak stand, which already contained one Aero and two A via machines. Of the two machines shown by the Military Factory one was a little school machine with 60 h.p. Walter engine. Tins did not present any unusual features except in the arrange- ment of the wing bracing. Two of the accompanying photo- graphs show the S.18, and from these it will be seen that the top plane is braced, in addition to the cabane struts, by a pair of Vee struts running to the point where the lower front spar meets the fuselage, whereas there is no attachment to the lower rear spar at this point. The second Vojenska machine was the type S. 16, which is shown from above in one of our photos. A feature which at once attracts attention is the high aspect ratio of the EEHEEEHE E 0 E E E EThe Vojenska S.18 school ma- chine with 60 h.p. Walter engine. The wing strut- ting is somewhat unusual. [ [" FLIGHT " Photograph E E E E E E E E E E E E.HE E HEBE 854
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