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1934
1934 - 1241.PDF
NOVEMBER 22, 1934. -FLIGHT. 1243 case the stub is carried out a little far-ther than usual, and is faired so that it forms a diminutive lower plane and,maybe designedly, a step by which to reach the cockpits. On the whole itappears to be a feasible proposition, though rather too light for serious use. School and Training Types THROUGHOUT the Show there is a•*- fair leavening of types which can justifiably be classed as suitable forschool and training work, although it is somewhat disappointing to iind thatthere are only very few machines showing evidence of the fact that theirdesigners have studied the problems of training as a separate branch of aircraftdesign. Probably the best known training air-craft in the world are the Avro types, which have consistently been developedfor this service. Certainly the Avro 626, which shines so brightly in its whitepaint and chromium polish, on the A. V. Roe stand, is equipped more fully inthis respect than any other. As our readers well know, it can be adapted toserve the requirements of flying training, The military training version ofthe cabin Hanriot, in this case called the 190«". The rear cock-pit has been arranged to carry a gun-ring (Flight Photo.) aerobatics, gunnery, photography, bomb-ing and, in fact, any other branch of military flying. Good use is made inthe Show of the excellent system whereby the whole of the fuselage side can be re-moved as a panel; it enables all '' the works " to be displayed to the best ad-vantage. On the German stand there is theFocke-Wulf "Stieglitz," a light two- seater biplane built mainly of weldedsteel tubing. Its inverted four-cylinder Argus A58 engine, of 135 h.p., is nicelycowled in, but there is no evidence of undue searching after a high perform-ance. Rather is it a sound little machine specially designed for aerobaticsand suitable for teaching the rudiments of flying. In a somewhat heavier category is theArado 69. This is what may be called a middle-weight biplane with staggeredwings which are also heavily swept back. The tail units are unique in that the The stand arranged by the Russian Soviet. In the foreground is a full-sized model of the balloon gondola used for stratosphere flights. Behind it is the ancient ski-plane used for the Chelyuskin expedition rescue.On the left is a pair of the huge double wheels of the Maxim Gorky undercarriage, a model of which may be seen above the emblematichammer and sickle near the foreground. (Flight Photo.) comparatively small rudder and fin areset iorward of the tail plane and ele- vator and above them. The latter istherefore the aftermost poition of the machine and consists of an unsplit equi-surfaced unit having a comparatively narrow chord and large span, with asmall centre "tab" for trimming pur- poses. With a Siemens Shi4a radial air-cooled engine of 150 h.p. it appears to be an admirable machine for advancedtraining. The BOcker is rather similar to theFocke-Wulf, in that it is a small steel biplane with the neat four-rylinder in-verted 80 h.p. Hirth engine of the type fitted to the ShackJetou and MurrayS.M.I, pusher which we have flown in England. The whole machine lookedrather too light for the rough-and-tumble life of a training aeroplane but is prob-ably intended for preliminary training in impecunious clubs. Fiats were showing a pleasant-lookinglittle biplane known as the G8. A two seater, it is mainly constructed of metalwith fabric covering and is fairly con- ventional in design. With a Fiat A54radial engine of 135 h.p. the machine looks not unlike our Avro "Cadet." One version of the Hanriot, more fullydescribed elsewhere in the report, is so arranged that the rear cockpit is openiind has a gun-ring in the top decking while allowing full room for wirelessequipment behind the pilot. In this form the machine serves for light recon-naissance training, gunnery, wireless or photography. Two of the Morane machines areprimarily designed for training: The 341, a light parasol monoplane with theRenault "Bengali" engine, and the 315, a heavier machine—a two-seaterparasol monoplane with the 135 h p. nine-cylinder radial Salmson engine.Both are of metal construction with fabric covering and the first has theaileron operating rods very neatly led up l!>« wing bracing struts into the wing A beautiful example of shot-welding on the Russian Stand : the " Stai 2,"a four-passenger monoplane built of stainless steel [Flight Photo.)
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