Фотографии
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Aeroplane Monthly 1979-07 / Hooton Park /Gone but not forgotten/ (3)
Cierva Autogiro C.25, built by the Comper Aircraft Company Ltd in February 1932. Note the old grandstands in the background.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / R.Riding - Cierva C.25 /British prewar lightplanes/ (6)
The C.25 in its original form at Hooton Park in February 1932. Juan de la Cierva is in the cockpit.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1983-07 / P.Capon - Capon's Corner
The same aircraft on February 20, 1932 at Hooton. Cierva is in the cockpit and Flt Lt Nick Comper stands alongside.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / R.Riding - Cierva C.25 /British prewar lightplanes/ (6)
The C.25 flying with enlarged fin in April 1932. The autogiro was still directionally unstable and still more fin area was required.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / R.Riding - Cierva C.25 /British prewar lightplanes/ (6)
The C.25 with an interim fin, later changed in favour of the triple fin arrangement.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1985-06 / P.Capon - Capon's Corner
The Cierva C.25 Autogiro, built by Comper Aircraft, at Hooton in 1932.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / R.Riding - Cierva C.25 /British prewar lightplanes/ (6)
This view of the C.25 shows clearly the triple fin arrangement. The area of the elevators was considerably more than that of the Swift.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / R.Riding - Cierva C.25 /British prewar lightplanes/ (6)
Nick Comper admiring his handiwork at Hanworth on April 27, 1933. Note the position of the C.25’s pitot tube high on the rotor pylon.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / R.Riding - Cierva C.25 /British prewar lightplanes/ (6)
The C.25 in its final form. This view shows clearly how the rotor pylon blanked off the original single-fin tail unit. The outrigger fins solved the problem.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / R.Riding - Cierva C.25 /British prewar lightplanes/ (6)
Flt Lt Nick Comper flying the C.25 in its ultimate form at Hanworth on April 27, 1933 before returning to its Heston base.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / R.Riding - Cierva C.25 /British prewar lightplanes/ (6)
Another view of the C.25 flying at Hanworth on April 27, 1933.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / R.Riding - Cierva C.25 /British prewar lightplanes/ (6)
Nick Comper flying the C.25 at Hanworth. The original balsa rotor blades were a dismal failure - standard rib and fabric blades were fitted after the C.25 was damaged on its first flight.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1983-07 / P.Capon - Capon's Corner
The Comper-built Cierva C.25, G-ABTO, during construction at Comper's Hooton Works in January 1932. The fuselage was probably taken off the Swift production line and modified.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / R.Riding - Cierva C.25 /British prewar lightplanes/ (6)
The C.25 under construction at Hooton Park Aerodrome in January 1932. The fuselage was probably taken off the Swift production line and modified. Note the location of the fuel tank at the base of the wooden pylon, the deeper fuselage decking and the braced winglets. The 85 h.p. Pobjoy Cataract radial engine is in place - the C.25 was ready to fly the following month.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / R.Riding - Cierva C.25 /British prewar lightplanes/ (6)
The sorry sight of the C.25 following its first flight, made at Hooton on February 20, 1932.
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