Flight, August 1925

THE 1925 VAUVILLE MEETING

THE MACHINES

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   The machine obtaining second place in the speed aggregate is a Caudron parasol monoplane, type C.109, with 40 h.p. Salmson nine-cylinder radial air-cooled engine. It may be of interest to mention that this machine was flown from Paris to Vauville by Vanlaere in 2 hours 35 minutes. The parasol monoplane wing is of fairly thick section, and is without dihedral. At the centre it is supported from the fuselage by duralumin struts, and braced laterally by hollow wood struts to the bottom of the fuselage. The angle of these struts is somewhat flat, and they appear to be attached unusually far out towards the wing tips. The under-carriage is of somewhat unusual design in that the front "legs" are steel tubes, while the rear "legs" are in the form of duralumin tubes. The C.109 is fitted with one of the new nine-cylinder 40 h.p. Salmson engines, which appears to run remarkably smoothly, as might be expected from nine cylinders developing less than 5 h.p. each. The empty weight of the machine is 325 kg. (715 lb.), and with pilot, passenger and three hours' fuel the loaded weight is 530 kg. (1,165 lb.).
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Flight, December 1926

The Paris Aero Show 1926

CAUDRON

   IN our preliminary show report of December 2 it was stated that the famous French pioneer aircraft firm of Caudron would exhibit but one machine, the C.104. This machine is actually shown, and is a two-seater long-distance, reconnaissance machine of typical Caudron lines and simple mixed wood and metal construction of the type which Caudron has produced since the comparatively early days of flying. The machine, data relating to which have already been published, does not call for any comment. In addition to the more powerful machine, Caudron exhibited two school machines and the little parasol monoplane, type C.109, which did so well at Vauville last year, piloted by Van Laere, and also at Brussels. All these machines, however, are already well known to our readers, and it will suffice if we record here their presence at the show.