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The Aeroplane Speaks. Fifth Edition
·
H. Barber
162
In
1910
a
number
of
novel
machines
were
produced.
The
Avis
with
Anzani
engine
was
flown
by
the
Hon.
Alan
Boyle.
Note
the
cruciform
universally
jointed
tail.
The
Goupy
with
50
h.p.
Gnome
was
an
early
French
tractor,
notable
for
its
hinging
wing-tips.
The
Farman
was
a
curious
"knock-up"
job,
chiefly
composed
of
standard
box-kite
fittings.
The
Sommer
with
50
h.p.
Gnome
was
a
development
of
the
box-kite
with
a
shock-breaking
chassis.
The
Savary,
also
French,
was
one
of
the
first
twin
tractors
to
fly.
The
model
illustrated
had
an
E.N.V.
engine.
Note
position
of
the
rudders
on
the
wing
tips.
The
Austrian
Etrich
was
the
first
successful
machine
of
the
Taube
class
ever
built.
INTERESTING
MACHINES,
1910.--The
Werner
monoplane
with
E.N.V.
engine,
combined
shaft
and
chain
drive,
was
a
variant
of
the
de
Pischoff.
The
Macfie
biplane
was
a
conventional
biplane
with
50
h.p.
Gnome
and
useful
originalities.
The
Valkyrie
monoplane,
another
British
machine,
was
a
"canard"
monoplane
with
propeller
behind
the
pilot
and
in
front
of
main
plane.
The
Weiss
monoplane
was
a
good
British
effort
at
inherent
stability.
The
Tellier
monoplane
was
a
modified
Bleriot
with
Antoinette
proportions.
The
Howard
Wright
biplane
was
a
pusher
with
large
lifting
monoplane
tail.
The
Dunne
biplane
was
another
British
attempt
at
inherent
stability.
The
Jezzi
biplane
was
an
amateur
built
twin-propeller.
SOME
INTERESTING
MACHINES,
1911.--The
Compton-Paterson
biplane
was
very
similar
to
the
early
Curtiss
pusher;
it
had
a
50
h.p.
Gnome.
The
Sloan
bicurve
was
a
French
attempt
at
inherent
stability
with
50
h.p.
Gnome
and
tractor
screw.
The
Paulhan
biplane
was
an
attempt
at
a
machine
for
military
purposes
to
fold
up
readily
for
transport.
The
Sanders
was
a
British
biplane
intended
for
rough
service.
The
Barnwell
monoplane
was
the
first
Scottish
machine
to
fly;
it
had
a
horizontally
opposed
Scottish
engine.
The
Harlan
monoplane
was
an
early
German
effort;
note
position
of
petrol
tank.
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