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The Aeroplane Speaks. Fifth Edition
·
H. Barber
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THE
SHORT
"PUSHERS."--In
1909
came
the
semi-Wright
biplane,
with
35
h.p.
Green,
on
which
Mr.
Moore-Brabazon
won
the
"Daily
Mail's"
£1000
prize
for
the
first
mile
flight
on
a
circuit
on
a
British
aeroplane.
Then
the
first
box-kite
flown
by
Mr.
Grace
at
Wolverhampton.
Later
the
famous
"extension"
type
on
which
the
first
Naval
officers
learned
to
fly.
Then
the
"38"
type
with
elevator
on
the
nacelle,
on
which
dozens
of
R.N.A.S.
pilots
were
taught.
SHORT
TRACTORS,
1911-1912.--They
were
all
co-existent,
but
the
first
was
the
"tractor-pusher"
(bottom
of
picture).
Then
came
the
"twin-tractor
plus
propeller"
(at
top).
A
development
was
the
"triple-tractor"
(on
the
right),
with
two
50
h.p.
Gnomes,
one
immediately
behind
the
other
under
the
cowl,
one
driving
the
two
chains,
the
other
coupled
direct.
Later
came
the
single-engined
80
h.p.
tractor
(on
the
left),
the
original
of
the
famous
Short
seaplanes.
THE
VICKERS
MACHINES:
First
the
Vickers-R.E.P.
of
1911,
which
developed
into
the
full-bodied
No.
V.
with
R.E.P.
engine,
then
the
Military
Trials
"sociable"
with
Viale
engine,
and
so
to
the
big
No.
VII
with
a
100
h.p.
Gnome.
Contemporary
with
the
No.
V
and
No.
VI
were
a
number
of
school
box-kites
of
ordinary
Farman
type,
which
developed
into
the
curious
"pumpkin"
sociable,
and
the
early
"gun
'bus"
of
1913.
Thence
arrived
the
gun-carrier
with
100
h.p.
monosoupape
Gnome.
THE
BRISTOL
AEROPLANES.--First,
1910,
Farman
type
box-kites
familiar
to
all
early
pupils.
Then
the
miniature
Maurice-Farman
type
biplane
of
the
"Circuit
of
Britain."
Contemporaneous
was
the
"floating
tail"
monoplane
designed
by
Pierre
Prier,
and
after
it
a
similar
machine
with
fixed
tail.
Then
came
the
handsome
but
unfortunate
monoplane
designed
by
M.
Coanda
for
the
Military
Trials,
1912.
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