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1934
1934 - 0633.PDF
FLIGHT, JUNE 28, 1934 No. 4 : Westland Day and Night Fighter (Rolls-Royce " Goshawk " engine). No. 7, Bristol "Bulldog IV" At last year's Display a Bristol " Bulldog IV " wasshown. It appears again this year, but with a different engine: the Bristol "Perseus" sleeve valve engine.The Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., regards this type of engine as an important part of the firm's pro-gramme, and the performance of the machine should be watched with interest, although the cowling will preventvisitors to Hendon from seeing much of the engine itself. The " Bulldog IV " is a day and night fighter, and has awing span of 33 ft. 8 in. No. 8, Westland P.V. 3 This is one of the two Westland machines which flewover Mount Everest during the Houston-Everest Expedi- tion. The machine was originally designed as a militarytype to carry a light torpedo, but was modified for the expedition. The engine is a Bristol 555-h.p. " Pegasus,"and the wing span of the machine is 46 ft. 6 in. No. 9, Westland P.V. 7 Designed for dive bombing, among other duties, this Westland General Purposes machine is a monoplane in which the pilot is seated in front of the wing to givehim the best possible view. The design is unusual in that the wing-bracing struts are built up as aerofoil sur-faces, and thus contribute a certain amount of lift, while split trailing edge flaps further increase the lift and alsoact as effective air brakes, so that the machine can be landed at a steep angle in a small area. The wing spanis 60 ft. 3 in. and the engine a Bristol 555-h.p. " Pegasus " II M.3. .... •.:. ••••.•• -. -.. • . • -.. •••:. No. 10, Armstrong-Whitworth A.W. 19 Designed as a private venture to Air Ministry Specifica- tion G.4/31, this machine shows some unusual features in the arrangement of its cockpits. It will be seen that the fuselage completely fills the gap between the wings, and that the pilot is placed ahead of, and on a level with, the upper wing, from which position he has an excellent view in all essential directions. The engine is a Siddeley " Tiger " of 670-700 b.h.p. The wing span of the A.W.19 is 49 ft. 8 in. No. 11, Blackburn B. 6 Belonging to. the class known as T.S.R. (Torpedo,Spotter, Reconnaissance), this Blackburn machine has been m iNo. 5 : Hawker " Hart " (Napier " Dagger " engine). (FLIGHT Photo.) 633
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