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1930
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FLIGHT, JANUARY 3, 1930 SOME EARLY MILESTONES Among the earliest types of aeroplane to be produced in Germany was the " Taube," one of which is seen in the top •ft-hand corner. It is reported that Herr Etrich has designed a new " Taube " light 'plane. On the right is the once-famous rahame White " Charabancs," designed by Mr. North. Although fitted with a Green engine of 100 h.p. only, it once flew om Hendon to Brooklands with 11 people on board. The Howard Flanders biplane, Isaacson engine, is shown below on le left, and the Handley Page biplane on the right. This machine had the same type of crescent-shaped wings as the earlier [.P. monoplanes, and the machine was actually flown without a tail, i.e., without a horizontal tail plane. The wing design as such that the machine could, apart from the need for rudders, have been made into a " tailless " type. The machine id a lot of flying, piloted first by Mr. Whitehouse and afterwards by the late Mr. Ding. . . . .-•.'- • .;- Although several years before its time, the flying boat diibited by Mr. Pemberton Billing at Olympia in 1914 was ndoubtedly the forerunner of the modern Supermarine ying boats. The actual machine was not a success, but [] the essential features were there, and only needed proper Dmbining. Of the photographs on the right, the upper shows a two- Later Bleriot monoplane of 1913 which was extremely opular in its time, and was flown a lot by such famous pilots s Hamel, Hucks and Brock. The tail skid, placed far >rward on the fuselage, acted as a fairly effective brake. he positively-cambered tail plane and negatively-cambered levator feature was retained in this machine, but never fterwards. Before the advent of the famous. Avro 504, several vro biplanes were produced which ail tended towards lat type. The machine shown centrally on the right was ne such type, of 1913 vintage. Like the later 504 it had a nome engine, but the nose was of different shape and the orizontal top longerons had not yet disappeared. Although it was never put into production, the machine lown in the bottom right-hand corner was one of consider- ble interest. Designed by Mr. J. D. North and built by \c Grahame White Aviation Co. of Hendon, this early scout 914) showed features which do not look out of the way •en to-day. Note, for example, the very pronounced agger, which was an unusual feature in those days. In )ite of its small size the machine was a two-seater. It as also tested as a seaplane. FLIGHT Photos. 49
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