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1928
1928 - 0839.PDF
SEPTEMBER 13, 1928 SPAN 30-0" LENGTH.. I8'-O" WING AREA. I4-2SQ.PT. "AMERICAN MOTH* 60h.p. LE BLOND ENGINE THE " AMERICAN MOTH " MONOPLANE : General arrangement drawings. The equipment of the " American Moth " includes fire extinguisher and first-aid kit. It being customary to fly the machine from the rear cockpit, all instruments are located here, and consist of a unit-board made by the Consolidated Instrument Co., with altimeter, tachometer, oil pressure gauge and oil temperature gauge which are enclosed within a lighted panel. The principal characteristics of the " American Moth " (60 h.p. Le Blond) are :— Span Overall length Overall height Wing Area Weight empty 30 ft. 0 in. 18 ft. 0 in. 6 ft. 9 in. 142 sq. ft. 660 lbs. Disposable load Normal weight loaded Weight per h.p. Weight per sq. ft. Speed range • .. Climb at sea level Service ceiling Normal range Normal fuel consumption at cruising speed (80 m.p.h.) .. 540 lbs. 1,200 lbsi ' 20 lbs. 8 -4 lbs. 38-105 m.p.h. 750 ft./min, 10,000 ft. 400-475 miles. gallons per hour. Everling Quantities: High-speed figure . . . . 15 Distance figure . . . . . . 4-9 Altitude figure . . . . . . 4 -9 ENGLAND-ROUMANIA IN A VICKERS' "VIVID": In connection with some demonstration flights given by aircraft firms of various countries to the Roumanian Government, a splendid flight was made by Flight-Lieut. J. Scholfield on a Vickers "Vivid" long distance Reconnaissance machine (Napier "Lion ") shown above. Leaving Weybridge just before 6 a.m. on September 6, he passed over Brussels 18 mins. later and landed at Nuremberg at 9.55 a.m. After a short stop he proceeded over Austria-Hungary to Belgrade (2.55 p.m.) and reached Bucharest at 5.55 p.m. (E.S.T.) ; thus covering over 1,300 miles in 10 hours. 775 D
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