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Flight, June 27, 1929 AIRCRAFTENGINEER* First Aeronautical Weekly in the World. Founded January, 1909 Founder and Editor : STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests. Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 1070. (No. 26. Vol. XXI.) JUNE 27, 1929 rWeekly, Price 6d.L Post free, 7d. Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2 Telephone: Holborn 3211. Telegrams: Truditur, Westcent, London. Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free. United Kingdom .. 30s. id. Abroad .. .. 33s. 0d.» * Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency CONTENTS EDITORIAL COMMENT Editorial Comment: PAGE Amphibian Light 'Planes .. .. .. .. .. .. 515 Short Amphibian .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 517 Curtiss- Reid " Rambler " 518 How to Establish a Civil Aerodrome .. .. .. .. .. 520 Airisms From the Four Winds 522 THE AIRCRAFT ENGINEER .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 522a Private Flying: Manchester Meeting 523 Light "Plane Clubs 525 S. Smith and Sons' Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527 Royal Air Force 8 R.A.F. Sports 529 Westland " Widgeon " and Its Future 530 DIARY OF CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirtus of announcing the dates of important fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in this list— 1929. June 19-22 F.I.A. Conferenoe, Copenhagen. June 22 .... Air Display at Northenden, Cheshire. June 27-80 Rotterdam International Air meeting. July 5-6 .... King's Cup Race and Siddeley Trophy Tour. July 13 .... R.A.F. Display at Hendon. July 16-27 7th International Aero Exhibition, Olympia. July 25 .... Bleriot Cross-Channel Flight Anniversary Fete, Calais. July 28 .... International Flying Meeting, Sweden. Aug. 1-14... French Light Plane Meeting, Orly. Aug. 15 .... International Balloon Race, Poland. Sept. 6-7 .... Schneider Trophy Race, Solent. Sept. 10-20 Aero Club de France Meeting, Le Baule. Oct. 1 .... Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race, St. Louis, U.S.A. O«t. 31 .... Guggenheim Safe-Aireraft Competition Closes. is now many years since the first amphibian aircraft was produced (the first in Great Britain being the Sop- with machine on which the late Mr. H. G. Hawker won the prizes offered by Sir Mortimer Singer, whose death was announced the other day), and from time to time attempts have been made to introduce the type. There are con- siderable difficulties in the way, mainly those of extra weight and complication. Of recent years the amphibian type has almost entirely disappeared from the list of British civil aircraft, largely,no doubt - due t0 the introduction of 'Planes tne three-engined power plant arrange- ment which enables a landplane to traverse considerable stretches of sea with safety. In the case of the single-engined light 'plane, how- ever, there can, we think, be no doubt that the possi- bilities of the amphibian are very well worth exploring. We do not by any means underrate the difficulties, but we do believe that the advantages are such that in very many cases the owner will be content to sacrifice a certain amount of useful load or performance in order to secure the vastly increased choice in " landing grounds," which the amphibian type offers. It would be futile to attempt to dogmatise as to what type of aircraft can most readily be produced as an amphibian. The flying-boat type is, perhaps, the one with which we have had most experience, but unfortunately the very small single-engined- flying-boat (say, in the two-seater size) is not regarded as a promising type in other respects. The normal two-seater light biplane on a float undercarriage is, of course, a familiar type, and would seem to have possibilities. The single-float biplane is not a type with which we in this country have had much experience. In the United States, however, there has been rather a preference for the single-float-cum wingtip-floats arrangement, and from what one can gather this type has amply proved itself. Quite recently Short Brothers have produced, for Mr. John Scott Taggart, an amphibian undercarriage for his de Havilland Gipsy-Moth, and this makes use of 515 B2
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