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1927
1927 - 0639.PDF
AUGUST 25, 1927 ARMSTRONG-SIDDELEY ENGINES AT THE COPENHAGEN AERO SHOW : The 180-210 h.p. 7-cylinder " Lynx," shown, on the right, with the crank-case cover removed. distressing side-slips and flat spins which are apt to interfere with any attempt at coherent expression. The Copenhagen Aero Show, or, to give it its Danish title, Den Internationale Luftfartsudstilling i Kobenhavn, was officially opened on Saturday, August 20, when Herr Tyge J. Rothe, Chairman of the Committee, ex-Ministcr for Trade and Chairman of the Royal Danish Aeronautical Society, outlined the aims and objects of the exhibition, speaking first in Danish and then giving a resumd in English, German and French. Present at the opening ceremony were prominent representatives of tin- Danish Government, and of the nations participating in the exhibition, Sir Samuel Hoare personally representing Great Britain, having arrived with his party in three flying-boats a short time previously. After the opening ceremony,'in which, owing to unavoidable absence, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Denmark, who is the patron of the exhibition, was unable to take part, the doors were thrown open to the public, and in a very short time a goodly attendance was to be noted. Prominently placed just insidejthe entrance, and the first machine on which one's eye falls on entering the show, is the first Hawker " Danecock " to be constructed under license in T gra£ Armstrong - Sid - deley Engines at the Copenhagen Aero Show : The "youngest" member of the family, the " Genet," which develops 72-78 h.p. X X X X t t X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 591
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