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1927
1927 - 0480.PDF
No photograph available. Avro " Ava " Two Rolls-Royce " Candor " This is the most powerful of the aeroplane types taking part in the aircraft parade, its two Rolls-Royce " Condor " engines developing a total of more than 1,400 h.p. An earlier version of the " Ava" took part in the Display last year, but the present machine is new in so far as it is of all-metal con- struction. The machine is some- times classed as a day bomber and sometimes as a coastal defence torpedo carrier, the design being such that the machine is suitable for both functions. An idea of the size of the " Ava " may be formed when we point out that the wing span is close upon 100 ft. JUNE 30, 1927 Handley Page " Hinaidi " Two Bristol " Jupiters " , Unfortunately no photograph, is available of this machine, a twin- engined night bomber. Generally speaking, however, the " Hinaidi"" is similar to the " Hyderabad," a photograph of which will be found on p. 435. The main change is in the power plant, the " Hinaidi " being fitted with Bristol " Jupiters," while the " Hyderabad " has Napier " Lions." An interesting feature of the engines is that they are of the " Jupiter VIII " type with reduction gearing, which gives a much better propeller efficiency for taking off and climbing. It is claimed that the " Hinaidi " will fly with any one of its two engines stopped. Gloster " Goring " Bristol " Jupiter " So many successful single-seater fighters has the Gloster Aircraft Co. produced that there are doubt- less many who are unaware that the firm produces a number of other types. Among these is the " (kmn'g," a day bomber fitted with Bristol " Jupiter" engine. <)ne would expect from a firm . with racing experience traces of careful reduction of head resistance, and the "Goring" shows this effect in several ways. Thus the . engine is carefully cowled, while . the lower plane wing roots are well faired into the fuselage. There . is but one pair of struts a side, in spite of a fairly large span. Hawker " Horsley " Rolls-Royce " Condor " This is the standard day bomber of the Royal Air Force. Quite recently a machine of this type distinguished itself by flying from Cranwell, Lines, to the Persian Gulf, non-stop, while still more recently another and similar machine was landed safely at Martlesham by Flight-Lieut. Carr, in spite of the fact that it had more than 1,000 gallons of petrol on board. Thus the type has proved itself thoroughly under the most severe conditions. With its 650-h.p. Rolls-Royce engine, the " Horsley " is one of the most powerful single-engined machines in service use. 438
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