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1938
1938 - 0833.PDF
MARCH 24, 1938. FLIGHT. 295- March 10. Chief selling points are unusually fine flying qualities and thorough equipment. A few American light aircraft manufacturers are in production with metal- stressed skin machines, notably Ryan with the S-C, which is a sort of metallic Whitney Straight. The high-wing Warner-powered Luscombe, likewise metal skinned, does not seem to have found the favour which was at one time expected, but the wooden Cessna is extensively used. The Phillips metal low-wing two-seater, which resembles the cabin Ryan and was formerly known as the Aeroneer, is another type intended to bring to the private owner some features of the large air liners. Then, of course, there is the Hammond Y, already familiar to readers. The Security S-iB seems to be the only American light aeroplane with folding wings. This is a low-wing braced monoplane with side-by-side seating. The Rearwin Speedster accentuates performance. France, in her Caudrons (Aiglon, Rafale and Simoon) has some sports-tourers of modern conception, but they offer no serious competi- tion to our own machines in the same class. A type which, now that the Widgeon is no more, has no counterpart in this country is the parasol Morane 341, which is said to be ver - tractable and is certainly most attractive to the eye. < •-.- .,-_..- - Slots and Flaps The German Messerschmitt Taifun does nearly 190 m.p.h. with four up on 240 h.p. and lands at just over 50 m.p.h., which is very good going. For those who want super-safety there is the slotted and flapped Fieseler Storch, which, with the same engine as the Messer- schmitt, does only 130 m.p.h., but can be put down at about 26 m.p.h. It seats three. Klemm has developed no really new types for some time now. Italy makes a comparatively poor showing in the private-owner field to-day. The Breda 79S high-wing four-seater has interconnected slots and flaps; one spent an instructive ten minutes going over this model at Milan. The last Nardi monoplane trainers appeal mainly to the military market. Mr. Koolhcven has planned a three-seater after the Leopard Moth style but with a retractable undercarriage; it is estimated to doJ 55 m.p.h. with a Gipsy Major. The Polish R-W.D. concern, taking advantage of the Series II Gipsy Six and Handley Page slots, A metal stressed skin side-by-side two-seater from the States : the Ryan S-C with Menasco engine. has turned out a four-seater with a speed range from 47-149 m.p.h., which, except for its lower landing speed, seems to be no better than a Heston Phoenix. In the higher-powered single-engined class American products show up to particular advantage. Apart from the familiar Wacos, Stinsons, Beech- crafts there is the Howard, which looks like a large Monocoupe, the new Fairchild (with vee-twelve Ranger), the Spartan Executive (210 m.p.h. with a Wasp Junior), and a new Bellanca carrying five with a Menasco. Twin engines (reference to which has purposely been omitted hitherto) are still, in the main, rich men's luxuries being applied chiefly to the larger types. There are, however, a law new light machines equipped with two low-powered engines. The Monocoupe people have, for some time, been developing their Twin Monocoach with two 90 h.p. Lam- berts ; this looks like a miniature transport, but the wing is of extraordinarily low aspect ratio. The most interesting of the Continental examples is probably the Praga pusher (Czechoslovakia) with a pair of 95 h.p. Walter Minors ; this looks something like a large, refined Baynes Bee. Before long we are likely to see at least one machine with a pair of Cirrus Minors. British pilots would do well to follow the Americans in at least one sphere of private-owner operation—the flying of seaplanes and amphibians. Quite apart from the pure joy of operating from water, they offer great possibilities for "commuting" and hunting trips. Even the little Aeroncas and Cubs can be operated effectively on floats. of the most efficient of modern light aircraftjs the German Messerschmitt Taifun with 240 n.p. Argus. Its top speed is just on 100 m.p.h.and ;t seats four:
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