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1928
1928 - 0698.PDF
10 JULY 26. 1928 SOME AIRCRAFT TYPES IN KING'S CUP RACE [" FLIGHT " Photographs VARIETY: These four photographs show aircraft types which differ a good deal in their characteristics. The upper photograph shows the Blackburn '• Bluebird " with Armstrong-Siddeley " Genet " engine. The machine is a light 'plane, but is unusual in that pilot and passenger sit side by side. The next machine, the Avro Baby, is an old-timer, and was originally fitted with the Green engine. It was on a machine of this type that Bert Hinckler flew from London to Turin non-stop many years ago. The Simmonds " Spartan " is unusual, in that the wings are so designated that the same spare wing can be used on either side and as top or bottom plane. The bottom photograph shows the Cierva " Autogiro," in which the lift is obtained not by fixed wings but from the vanes of a rotating windmill.
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