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1934
1934 - 0679.PDF
FLIGHT, JULY 5. 1934 EFFICIENCY : With two Pobjoy " Niagara " engines of 90 h.p. each, the Short " Scion " carries pilot and five passengers at a cruising speed of 100 m.p.h. (FLIGHT Photo.) sion of the original S.T.4, so modified that it can besupplied either with fixed or with retractable under- carriage. Improvements have been made in the interiorarrangement of the cabin, and other changes have resulted in general improvement all around. The machine is fittedwith two Pobjoy " Niagara " engines of 90 h.p. each, and, of course, has the Stieger Monospar wing structure. Fit. Lt. Schofield demonstrated the S.T.10, hismanoeuvres including long sustained climbs, loops, slow flying and fast flying. The new machine certainly handledwell, and was noticeably quiet. The Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd.—The "Gauntlet" dayand night fighter is the latest type to be ordered for the R.A.F. It is a two-bay biplane fitted with the Bristol" Mercury '' engine of 600-645 h.p. At a height of 15,800 ft. the maximum speed reaches the very high figureof 228 m.p.h. and a height of 20,000 ft. is reached in 9 minutes. The service ceiling is 35,500 ft. At the S.B.A.C. Display the " Gauntlet " was flownby Mr. Sayer, one of Hawker's test pilots, who put up a very excellent demonstration, the " zooms," verticalclimbs, vertical rolls and tight turns showing up the per- formance and manoeuvrability very well indeed. The slowrolls in particular were impressive, and the slow-flying ability surprising. Handley Page, Ltd.—A single machine represented thisfirm, the new " Heyford " Mark II night bomber, fitted with two Rolls-Royce " Kestrel " engines of 600 h.p. each.The machine differs from the original " Heyford " mainly in that the engine nacelles have been redesigned, and thatthere is a transparent roof over the pilot's cockpit. A good deal of weight has also been saved on the structure.Capt. Cordes demonstrated the " Heyford," and as all three guns; were manned one got a very good idea of theremarkable way in which all " blind spots " are covered in this machine. As usual, the " dustbin " gun turretunder the fuselage caused some amusement. Hawker Aircraft, Ltd.—The three Hawker types shownwere the " Fury " Mark II and the well-known " Hart " MR, both with 600-h.p. Rolls-Royce " Kestrel " engines,and a "Hart" fitted with Bristol 700-750-h.p. " Pegasus " engine. The " Fury " single-seater fighterhas a maximum speed of approximately 240 m.p.h., while " MR " does better than 200 m.p.h., although it is aGeneral Purpose type. The " Pegasus-Hart " is a day bomber with a top speed of about 200 m.p.h. All three machines were demonstrated, being flown byMessrs. Bulman, Sayer and Lucas respectively. They took off one after another, and after a while they performedtheir evolutions in the same order in which they took off, the " Fury " leading, followed by " MR," and the" Pegasus-Hart " coming last. First came a power dive, followed by a vertical climb, then another dive and climbending in a loop, and finally a dive and " zoom " ending in an upward roll. The machines then formed up information, broke up again in a " Prince of Wales' Feathers," and landed. D. Napier SC Sons.—At this year's S.B.A.C. Display aninnovation was that an engine firm was actually respon- sible for the exhibition and demonstration of aircraft.Napiers presented the Airspeed " Courier " with Napier- Half ord " Rapier " and the Hawker " Hart " with Napier- FROM THE " STATIC " EXHIBITION : The Blackburn-Duncanson single-spar wing. metal tube, and also serves as a petrol tank. (FLIGHT Photo.) 681 The spar is a built-up
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