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1931
1931 - 0646.PDF
FLIGHT, JUNE 26, 1931 THE GLOSTER S.S.19. OR MULTI-GUN MACHINE IS ARMED WITH NO LESS THAN 6 MACHINE GUNS. (FLIGHT Photo.) fuselage. The other four are Lewis guns, and are mountedinside the wings, some little distance outboard, with their muzzles projecting. There is a gun in each wing, i.e., onein the top starboard plane, one in the bettom starboard, one in the top port, and one in the bottom port wing.The Gloster S.S.19 is of all-metal construction, and is fitted with a 480-h.p. Bristol " Jupiter " VIII F. engine.The wing span is 32 ft. 10 in. (10 m.), and the total flying weight 3,468 lb. (1,575 kg.)- The endurance is ± hr. atground level, plus 1 hr. at 15,000 ft. (4,600 m.J. The landing speed is 60 m.p.h. (96 km./h.), and the top speed188 m.p.h. (303 km. h). HAWKER HOOPOE "THE Hawker " Hoopoe " is an all-metal single-seaterfighter designed to operate from a naval vessel. It is fitted with a 500-h.p. Armstrong-Siddeley " PantherIII '" engine (in our photograph a different engine is shown), and differs from the majority of single-seaterfighters in that its biplane wing structure is of the two- bay type, i.e., it has two pairs of interplane struts on eachside. This biplane arrangement results in a very rigid wing structure, and has been used in other Hawker machines of the single-seater class, notably in th<-" Hawfinch." The main data of the Hawker " Hoopoe " Ship's Fighterare as follow:—Wing span, 33 ft. 6 in. (10.2 m.); total flying weight, 3,500 lb. (1,600 kg.); endurance at fullthrottle, i hr. at sea level, plus 2 hr. at 15,000 ft. (4,600 m.). The landing speed is 60 m.p.h. (96 km./h.),and the maximum speed at 15,000 ft. is approximately 200 m.p.h. (320 km./h.). 600
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