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710 FLIGHT. JUNE 25, 1936. there is some doubt concerning the Handley Page exhibit. If the new twin-engined monoplane bomber is finished in time and Air Ministry permission is obtained, this latest H.P. type will be on view at Hatfield. HAWKER AIRCRAFT, LTD., will demonstrate the new mono plane fighter with Rolls-Royce Merlin engine. This machine was the first of the new high-speed types to be produced, and the prototype already has several months' flying behind it, so that it is by now thoroughly tried-out. The machine is dealt with elsewhere (see pp. 680 and 708). PARNALL AIRCRAFT, LTD. Some uncertainty exists concerning the Parnall exhibit. A fairly prolonged strike at the Parnall works at Yate has delayed production, but there seems to be a possibility that the new Heck may be at Hatfield. This machine, fitted with either the Gipsy Six or the Wolseley Aries engine, has a remarkably wide speed range. Three Qulls PERCIVAL AIRCRAFT COMPANY. All the three Percival types will be represented at Hatfield on Monday. In order of size they are the Mew Gull, the Gull, and the Vega Gull. The Mew Gull with 200 h.p. Gipsy Six engine is a single-seater, with a speed of 225 m.p.h. Twice the Mew Gull has broken the record for speed in the King's Cup race. It has been entered again this vear. The Percival Gull and Vega Gull are generally similar in their fundamental design, but the Gull carries pilot and two passengers, while the Vega Gull has accommodation for three passengers. The Gull is available with either the '2.00 h.p. Gipsy Six or the 130 h.p. Gipsy Major engines. With the former it has a top speed of 176 m.p.h., and with the latter 153 m.p.h. The Vega Gull has the Gipsy Six as its standard power plant, and has a top speed of 170 m.p.h. PHILLIPS & Powis AIRCRAFT, LTD. One of the younger designers who is definitehr making his mark is Mr. F. G. Miles. Three machines designed by him will be at Hatfield: the Hawk Trainer, the Nighthawk and the new Miles Whitney Straight. The Hawk Trainer is a low-wing two-cockpit monoplane with 130 h.p. Gipsy Major engine, and is used at the Reading school for training pilots for the R.A.F. The Nighthawk is a cabin monoplane with Gipsy Six engine, and has been pro duced specially for training in instrument and night flying. A hood, which can be instantly removed, is placed over the pupil's side of the cabin and prevents him from seeing the horizon, but \eaving all the instruments in view. Recently introduced, the Miles Whitney Straight is a side- by-side cabin two-seater with Gipsy Major engine. In spite of the low power, the machine has an excellent performance. A. V. ROE & Co., LTD. Of the two machines to be shown at Hatfield one, the Avro Anson, is dealt with elsewhere (see p. 680). The other machine will be a 626 with Siddeley Cheetah engine. This machine is somewhat similar to the Avro Prefect (see p. 680), and was designed some years ago for use as a trainer in a number of duties such as gunnery, photography, bombing, wireless, etc. By adopting the 626, a nation's air force can be trained at very low cost in all its military duties. SHORT BROTHERS, LTD. Although chiefly a seaplane firm, Short Brothers will be represented this year at Hatfield by an aeroplane, the Short Scion Senior. The first of these machines, it may be remembered, was a twin-float seaplane, and this will be the first time the machine appears as an aeroplane. Of all-metal construction, the Scion Senior is a four-engined high-wing monoplane, fitted with Pobjoy Niagara engines. Purely Military VICKERS (AVIATION), LTD. TWO single-seater fighters of the very latest type will comprise the Vickers exhibit. One of these will be the Vickers successor of the Jockey and the other the Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire I. Both will be at the R.A.F. Displav at Hendon on Saturday, and photographs of both will be found on page 690. The Spitfire I is a low-wing cantilever monoplane of stressed- skin construction. It has a retractable undercarriage and the radiator is mounted under one of the wings. When the machine is flying, this radiator is the only projection. The engine is a Rolls-Rovce Merlin. The Vickers fighter has not yet been given a name. It is a smaller machine than the Spitfire I, and has a smaller engine, the Bristol Aquila sleeve valve engine. The length of the machine is only 24ft. 2in., and the span 32ft. gin. The under carriage, needless to say, is retractable, and split trailing-edge flaps are used. The engine has a long-chord cowl with con trollable flaps for varying the cooling. WESTLAND AIRCRAFT, LTD. Having been completed a few days ago, the Westland A.39/34 is something of a dark horse. It is an Army Co-operation monoplane and is fitted with the Bristol Perseus sleeve valve engine. A picture is on p. G88. LINKS with the PAST to be SEEN at HENDGN Some of the old types which will be seen at the R.A.F. Display at Hendon on Saturday : (1) the Wright biplane ; 2) the Bleriot monoplane ; (3) the war-time Bristol Fighter ; (4) the French Antoinette monoplane ; (5) the Sopwith triplane ; (6) the Caudron biplane; (7) the S.E.5A, a war-time single-seater fighter. A Sopwith Camel will also be seen, and a Maurice Farman biplane. Certain of these machines will fly, weather permitting. (Flight photographs.)
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