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The Aeroplane Speaks. Fifth Edition
·
H. Barber
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THE
BRISTOL
TRACTORS.--Late
1912
came
the
round
fuselaged
tractor,
with
Gnome
engine,
designed
by
Mr.
Gordon
England
for
Turkey.
1912-13
came
the
biplane
built
onto
the
Military
Trials
monoplane
type
fuselage,
also
with
a
Gnome,
designed
by
M.
Coanda
for
Roumania.
Then
the
Renault-engined
Coanda
tractor
1913,
followed
by
80
h.p.
Gnome-engined
scout,
designed
by
Messrs.
Barnwell
and
Busteed,
which
with
Gnomes,
le
Rhones
and
Clergets,
has
been
one
of
the
great
successes.
Almost
contemporary
was
the
two-seater
Bristol.
THE
MARTINSYDES.--1909,
first
experimental
monoplane
built
with
small
4-cylinder
engine.
J.A.P.-engined
machine,
1910,
followed
by
the
Gnome-engined
machine,
1911.
1912,
first
big
monoplane
with
Antoinette
engine
was
built,
followed
by
powerful
Austro-Daimler
monoplane,
1913.
Then
came
the
little
Gnome-engined
scout
biplanes,
1914,
some
with,
some
without,
skids.
THE
CURTISS
BIPLANES.--In
1909
came
the
"June-bug,"
the
united
product
of
Glen
Curtiss,
Dr.
Graham
Bell,
and
J.
A.
D.
McCurdy.
Then
the
box-kite
type,
1909,
on
which
Mr.
Curtiss
won
the
Gordon-Bennett
Race
at
Reims.
Next
the
"rear-elevator"
pusher,
1912,
followed
by
first
tractor,
1913,
with
an
outside
flywheel.
All
purely
Curtiss
machines
to
that
date
had
independent
ailerons
intended
to
get
away
from
Wright
patents.
Following
these
came
tractors
with
engines
varying
from
70
to
160
h.p.,
fitted
with
varying
types
of
chassis.
All
these
have
ordinary
ailerons.
THE
BLERIOT
(1).--The
first
engine-driven
machine
was
a
"canard"
monoplane.
Then
came
the
curious
tractor
monoplanes
1908-1909,
in
order
shown.
Famous
"Type
XI"
was
prototype
of
all
Bleriot
successes.
"Type
XII"
was
never
a
great
success,
though
the
ancestor
of
the
popular
"parasol"
type.
The
big
passenger
carrier
was
a
descendant
of
this
type.
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