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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
mander, Squad. Ldr. Douglas | |few ・ the Parnalt Pixie Light| asroplane in the trials at Lympne and made a repution for himself, as a competition pilot. He spoke very highly indeed of the Parnall machines which he flow and la "Hong-excoodingly anxious to fly in competitions this year. Ho is The Latest Air Linors-Big Dow the most senior officer of the Bombors and Flying Boats-New Royal Air Force, to take part in Enginos for Light Aeroplanne,
competition work. The New Year is likely to ano IMPROVED LIGHT AEROPLANE. a numbor of now air liners run- For some timo past it has boon; ning on the British air routes recognised that the present typo, throughout Europe oporated by of two-seater light aeroplano has Imperial Airways Limited. The rathor too little horse power to requiremonts of auch machines make it a practicablo proposition.] nowadays are that they shall be What is roally required isi large and comfortable and have a an ongipo devoloping between 50 very high factor of rollability. and 70 hp It is interesting there- Evory day it is becoming more foro to find that the Do Havilland and more ovident that air linors, Aircraft Company are producing in order to obtain the maximum just such a machine. This is tho rollability, must have at least D.H. 60 and will be driven by an three onginos and must be cap-engine dovoloping botwren 50 to ablo of maintaining themsolves 60 h.p. which has has been pro- in the air with a full load with duced in close collaboration with any two of those engines running. the Do Havilland design dopart- A big monoplane is now being mont. It is a two-seater tractor built in the North of England biplane fitted with dual control driven by three Rolls-Royco which can easily be removed so "Condors" of 650 h.p. axola.
as to leave a roomy passanger
An interesting three-engined cock-pit with sufficient space machine will be the Hawkor, and power to carry a large suit which is boing built by the Haw. onze weighing 40 lbs. The wings! kor Engineering Company, of can be folded in three minutes, Kingston, Surrey. The motive so that the span for housing is power will be three air-cooled only ton foot. The maximum Bristol "Jupiter" engines deve-top spood will be 90 m.p.h., the loping 400 bp. each. At present landing spood will be 39 m.p.h. there are no data available as to land tho petrol consumption the numbers of passengers to be should work out to about 20 miles carried or the spood at which the per gallon. The tanks will have. machine will travel, but as the capacity of 3.1/2 hours. The chief designer of the Hawker machine will be put on Company, Mr. Cartor, in rogaried markot at a low prics and ought as one of the must promising of to be the very thing for uso in our young designors, it is safe to parts where there are big die- to be covered without assume it will be a vory nico job tancos indood.
adequate roads.
A BIG BOMBER,
The second Blackburn "Cuv aroo" is now nearing completion, at Brough in Yorkshiro. Tho "Cubaroo" is an onormous bomber driven by a 1,000 Napier "Cub." The first of the series was tosted
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ABUSED IN CALOUTTA.
The Automobile Association of has been undergoing performance Bengal hava docided to take up triala at the Royal Air Force the matter of electric horna with Experimental Station at Martto-the Police. At tho prosent i sham in Suffolk, where it is under-Calcutta no car may be fitted side stood to be giving a very good with an electric horn. This do- to press home the offence with account of itself. The Blackburn cision was arrived at by the vigour, not so much as with a firm built a very interesting two- Polico somo years ago at a time fine an by a cancellation of licenso soator light aeroplane for the when the control of traffic in the for a period. We believe that Lympne Competitions. Unfor- city Was not as ofliciont an some arrangement on these lines tunately, they wore not able toļi; io to-day. We
Ourselves is possible, and if arrived at
let it appear at Lympne owing to consider that it would be, mos would be greatly appreciated by continued ongino trouble. Now, desirable if electric horns were motoriste-Indian and Bastern 5h.p. Low Compression o.li.v.however, this has been overcome generally allowed to be used, but fofors
and the machine is flying very against this we have that abomin- single cyclinder engine.
woll indood,
Inblo sot of road hogs which.
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All the above electrically equipped and complete with full kit of tools. Speedometer and Horn.
STEERING GEAR MOVES.
DIG METAL FLYING BOAT. abuses ovory rulo and courtesy Trials are being made at Roch-of the road and it in those people Gator with the first big British which the polico wish to koop The steering gear is only a part fying boat built of metal. The ander. Some drivers 800m to of the steering mechanism of a work has been undertaken for the think that the idea of an electric motor car, and, though it may Air Ministry by the pienoar firm horn is to provide as much noing appear to be at rost when the car of Short Brothers. The machine as possible on all occasions, peris moving in a straight line. It follows more or loss the 15 prac-factly regardless of the fact that is constantly in motion, becauso tico. The F5 was the big twin-the slumbors and convonioncos of its sensitiveness to evon angined type of boat much in use of the neighbourhood through the smallor dopressions and at the end of the War. The now which they are passing is being irregularities of tho road. Short boat in driven by two Rolls-soriously disturbed. It is this Whon # CAT is travelling Royco Eagle IXs" and is more type of "hog" for which gentle along what appears to be a or less an oxporimont, to find out men drivers have to suffer. It perfectly smooth course, the stoer. the effect of salt water on a dura-appaars to us, however, that ing gear and all of the steering lumin hull. Short Brothers have the Polian might ho ablo linkage which control the front
1925 MODELS NOW IN STOCK in in hand a small ali-metal to meet the convenionco of whools of the car is in motion, light flying-boat driven by iwo motorists by permitting the use and, this boing the care, it can Blackburne motor-cyclé onginos. of the electric horn so long as ho readily understood that this It is interesting to recall that there is no abuse of it, and in unit is ono of the most vital
first thoso cares where there is abuso, control elements of the car. British aeroplano and they also built the first British all-mota]] seaplano, the first all-metal light. aeroplane, tho fica Ditish all- metal light flying-boat and the first all-metal light Alving-bont.
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A British pioneer firm, that of A. V. Ros and Co, Ltd., havo just | taken a vory interesting stop and purchased a new aerodrome at Manchester. It is known as the | Woodford Aerodrome and is like- ly to become very important in the near future, owing to the fact that it is now the only aerod romo ncar Manchester and con- soq.ently will become the chief] jumping-off point for air linors running to Ireland and in timo, perhaps, to America,
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Dunlop grows its own raw rub powered engine has just come on
the markot. This is the 120 h.p. der on its own estates in Malaya;¦ Air-Disco engine produced by the Aircraft Disposal Company weaves its..own cotton fabric in. It is a rovised vorsion of the magnificent Milla in Lancashire; which was so much used in the
and makes its own moulds,
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This control of material and quality has a great deal to with Dunlop supremacy.
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War. It is rated at 120 hp, but, ila maximum outpur is 140 hp. When fitod to a Standard Avro it can reduge the time taken for a climb of 10 000 feat by half. More- over, it is by far the cheapest ongino of its class in the World.. The conversion has hoon carried out by Major F. B. Halford, who in well-known for to work in (connection with the R.H.P. sorios jof enginer.
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reductions were expected. fiot sovoral of the smaller.com- panios inoressed prices a fow wooks ago.
Reasons for the Firestone act ion have not been given out, hat A reduction of from 3 to 6 por one throwd critio in the in cant, on high protettu coids 13, dustry déclares that it is a more all the loading manufacturers was on tho part of Firestone to announced recently in New York.ment the competition of the The 3 per cent, applies to he omi-balloon type. Firestone To promote safoty by warning' An automobile or wagon on ap- larger six a súd the 6 per cent to does not make semi-balloons
proaching's dangerous comer or the smaller ones.
which are ·Quar vehicles approaching from
the = high- stroot where the view is obscured Dure: DARS # over arrow The Firestone company started pressure borde in price, so it tu steal tread, a aking an electric the ball rolling and before the day said that by reducing an lin bủa unique and highly useful contact, which rings a ball or ended all of the other leaders had done, he widens the price" gib automatic road sigual has "bosa honks, a korn and flashused followed suit. The ous game, as between the swol typen.” –This fo invented by Charles E. Lyman, light on white post at the of Asheville. U,8.A.
danger point ahead. The alarm in seen and heard by the person who is in danger be fore the vehicle reaches the corner.
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surprise, foi boste the industry done, it leddelared for the and the pabilo, fox wil rubber popularising" tip" figh-provocira wowging. In price as it is and with corda sad... making the price: mons of the plant rapning near distinotion all the more promi- oapacity, advanced, rather than mant.