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FLIGHT, NOVEMBER 24, 1982 THE 1933 " BULLDOG " : Behind it on the Bristol stand is a skeleton wing in stainless steel. which a machine gun mounted on a Scarfi gun ring was one of the attractions! Curiously enough, "Perfidious Albion " has made no attempt to disguise the military character of the machines. The Bristol, Fairey and Hawker aircraft are frankly aggressive and business-like in their appearance, flaunting their guns and bombs un ashamed. But on the whole, and counting as military even 'such machines as have been peacefully disguised, the 1932 Paris Aero Show is quite definitely of a civil character. Great Britain at the Show As announced in FLIGHT last week, four firms had arranged to exhibit aircraft: Bristol, Fairey, General Air craft, and Hawker. The Monospar machine had not turned up when we left Paris, but of the reason for this we were ignorant. It now appears that the bad weather of the last few days delayed it. It has since arrived. An excellent display is made by the Bristol Company, the aircraft stand containing a beautifully finished " Bull dog," 1933, type, a " Bulldog " wing in stainless steel, a number of samples of Bristol metal construction, and photographs of Bristol aircraft from the earliest days of flying to the present time. On the engine stand adjoining the aircraft stand Bristols are showing three engines, a part-sectioned " Pegasus " L, a " Pegasus " S, and a " Mercury " S.2. The engines are very beautifully finished and are generally admired. The two Fairey machines, a " Fox II " and a " Fire fly II," both with Rolls-Royce " Kestrel " engines, are very highly finished, and it is interesting to find that the Belgian factories at Gosselies are certainly capable not only of good workmanship but also of a show finish equal to that of the British works. Many of the French con structors have taker the opportunity to examine the Fairey machines, and not a few have expressed their admiration. The " Fox II " has an increase in armament in that a second machine gun has been placed on the other side of the fuselage, the extra gun being, of course, operated by the pilot. The rear gun is, as usual, placed on the special Fairey mounting. Next to the Fairey stand is that of the Hawker Com pany, where the complete aircraft shown is a " Hart " from No. 57 Squadron. This machine has done 740 hr. flying, yet certainly looks as if it had but recently left the factory. This fact speaks well not only of the original workmanship (and incidentally of the Cellon dope), but also of the care taken of its equipment by No. 57 Sqd. The " Osprey " fuselage in stainless steel, shown in skeleton, is one of the centres of attraction of the show, and is admired by expert and casual onlooker alike. We gather that the highly polished finish is not a mere show finish, but that production machines will have it also. British aero engine firms are represented, in addition to the Bristol engines already mentioned, on British stands by Armstrong-Siddeley Motors, Ltd., and Rolls-Royce, Ltd., as well as by " Cirrus-Hermes " and " Gipsy " engines on French stands. The Armstrong-Siddeley range exhibited includes a 7-cylinder " Genet Major," a " Lynx," a " Double Mon goose," a " Panther," and a " Leopard." On the Rolls-Royce stand are two engines, a part- sectioned " Kestrel " and a " Buzzard." Transparencies give a good idea of the wide range of aircraft types in which Rolls-Royce engines are fitted. De Havilland engines are presented on a stand in the gallery by their French agents Societe des Etablisse- ments Emile Regnier, the types being a " Gipsy III " and a " Gipsy Major." THE FAIREY MACHINES : In this view the wings of the " Fox " rather hide the " Firefly," but actually on the stand both machines are readily viewed, which, needless to say, means admired. 1105 I
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