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Aviation History
1950
1950 - 1007.PDF
CAMEOS (6) Structural members are clearly glimpsed through the transparent- doped Blackburn Tnonoplane'of 1912. (7) The Westland-Sikorsky S-51 ascends from its grassy plot, hedged in by ad- mirers of its performance and finish. (8) G/C A. H. Wheeler gets everything buttoned up before departing in the amazingly manoeuvrable Sopwith Pup of the Shuttleworth Collection. (9) The Hurel-Dubois H.D.IO, built by the Pierre Levasseur concern, is curious not only for its ultra.-high- aspect wing but for the under- carriage, which retracts into the fuselage ; the twin fins and rudders ; * arid the large cockpit enclosure. [The H.D.IO in action. A twin-engined transport has been designed in the light of experience with this light research ' aircraft, in which a useful measure of lift is claimed by the designers contributed by the wing-bracing struts.
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