Flight 1924-06
Flight
THE BREGUET XIX, 400 H.P. LORRAINE-DIETRICH ENGINE: This actual machine was used by Lieut. Pelletier d'Oisy on his flight to the East.
Front View of the Breguet XIX, showing mounting Lorraine-Dietrich engine. Note the Andre retractable radiator.
One side of the undercarriage of the Breguet XIX. Note the single strut undercarriage, the streamline axle fairing, and the Artillery type wheel instead of the usual wire-spoke type.
The Henry Potez type XV Observation Biplane, fitted with a 370 h.p. Lorraine-Dietrich engine.
A new Junkers' three-seater: This machine, to which reference was made in FLIGHT recently, is a departure from Junkers' practice in having the wing placed on top instead of low down on the fuselage. The cabin has accommodation for two passengers, and as the engine is a Siemens of 60 h.p. only, the machine is using but 20 h.p. per occupant, which should give very economical running.
COMMERCIAL AVIATION IN AUSTRALIA: The Western Australian Airways, Ltd., Depot at Perth, and some of the machines - Bristol Tourers and Avro.
FLYING TO PRAGUE: On Friday, May 30 Lord Thomson, Secretary of State for Air, General Sir Sefton Brancker, and Mr. Frank Hodges made the flight from London to Prague in a D.H. 50 (240 Siddeley-Puma), Piloted by Captain Broad.Leaving Croydon at 7.30 a.m., the party arrived on the Kbely aerodrome at Prague at 4.40 p.m. Mr. Hodges was on his way to Vienna, while Lord Thomson and General Sir Sefton Brancker were attending the opening by Professor Masaryk, President of the Czechoslovak Republic, of the Third International Aero Exhibition in Prague. Our photograph shows the three air travellers in merry mood a moment before the departure. Above the luggage is being loaded on board.
BRITAIN'S AIR MINISTER AT PRAGUE: Our photograph shows Lord Thomson with several notabilities who met him on his arrival at the Kbely aerodrome. Inset shows the D.H.50 landing on the Prague aerodrome, carrying Lord Thomson, General Sir Sefton Brancker, and Mr. Frank Hodges. The flight from Croydon to Prague was accomplished in a little under nine hours.
FLYING TO PRAGUE: The D.H.50 is seen actually starting on its splendid flight.
A NEW SUPERMARINE AMPHIBIAN FOR SPAIN: The engine is a Rolls-Royce "Eagle IX." The machine carries pilot, gunner, and observer forward. A camera is fixed in the interior of the hull, where also bombs are carried.
A CORNER OF THE BRITISH EXHIBIT AT PRAGUE: In the foreground the Armstrong-Whitworth "Siskin," with Siddeley "Jaguar" engine.
The "Avia" B.H.3.is a single-seater scout, fitted with the new Walter 220 h.p. engine. The radiator is placed under the fuselage.
The "Avia" B.H.7 parasol monoplane single-seater fighter. The engine is a 300 h.p. Hispano-Suiza. Note the radiators placed between the chassis struts.
One of the chassis-strut radiators of the "Avia" B.H.17. These radiators are manufactured by the "Avia" company. Shutters for varying the cooling are mounted on the front struts, but are not in place in the photograph.
Details of wing construction of the B.H.17 biplane. The single interplane strut is braced by large turnbuckles at top and bottom, as indicated in the diagrams. Spars and ribs are of similar construction to that used in other "Avia" machines.
Undercarriage and retractable radiator of the "Avia" B.H.19. This machine is a low-wing single-seater monoplane fighter with 300 h.p. Hispano-Suiza engine.
SOME GERMAN CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS AT PRAGUE: 1. The strut-attachment on the lower plane of the Junkers type "U."
SOME GERMAN CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS AT PRAGUE: 2. Attachment of lower plane to fuselage on the same machine.
The Gourdou-Leseurre Monoplane, 180 h.p. Hispano-Suiza engine.
The Junkers type "A" twin-float seaplane. The machine exhibited had a slightly different nose radiator.
SOME GERMAN CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS AT PRAGUE: 4. In the Albatros L.59/60 the slot between rudder and fin and between elevator and tail plane is covered with hinged aluminium strips.
The "Avia" B.H.12, with 60 h.p. Walter engine, has been specially built for the Brussels competition. Three-quarter front view.
THE AVIA B.H.12 WITH WINGS FOLDED. The wings pivot around the front spar, and are then secured to the fuselage, when the machine can be trailed behind a car or motor bicycle, or even wheeled along by hand, as show in the photograph.
The "Avia" B.H. 16 is a light 'plane single-seater, and will be fitted with a Blackburne engine. The engine shown in this photograph is a Vaslin.
The "Avia" B.H.9. two-seater sporting machine, fitted with 60 h.p. Walter radial engine.
GENERAL VIEW FROM THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL AERO EXHIBITION AT PRAGUE: The "Avia" B.H.9.
THE "AVIA" B.H.12. Three-quarter rear view.
The "Avia" B.H.10 single-seater 60 h.p. Walter engine.
Undercarriage of the B.H.16 light 'plane. The springing is provided by rubber blocks in compression.
A typical "Avia" strut fitting. The sketch was actually made from the type B.H.12.
The manner of mounting the balanced elevator and rudder on most of the "Avia" machines. The small fixed tail plane is rigidly built into the tail portion of the fuselage.
THE DEWOITINE MONOPLANE, 300 H.P. HISPANO-SUIZA ENGINE: The machine actually exhibited at Prague is fitted with the new type Lamblin radiators mounted on the struts of the undercarriage.
GENERAL VIEW FROM THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL AERO EXHIBITION AT PRAGUE: The photograph shows the British stand, with the "Avro-Lynx" on the left and the Blackburn "Dart" on the right.
Two views of the Bleriot-Spad 81 C.1, 300 h.p. Hispano-Suiza engine.
The Spad 81 C.1 has its two Lamblin radiators mounted in a somewhat unusual fashion, as shown in this sketch.
COMMERCIAL AVIATION IN AUSTRALIA: One of the Western Australian Airways, Ltd., Bristol Tourers (Siddeley "Puma"), just arrived at Perth with mails from the North-West. These Bristol machines have now totalled over 285,000 miles, and are still in daily service.
THE HAWKER "WOODCOCK": Another recent single-seater fighter biplane, fitted with a Bristol "Jupiter."
TWO OF THE "AERO" MACHINES AT THE PRAGUE EXHIBITION: The machine on the left is the twin-engined bomber, "Ae.24." On the right the "Ae.18."
THE D.H.53 LIGHT MONOPLANE: This machine, fitted with a 696 c.c. Blackburne engine, has been sent to Prague, where it will give demonstration flights at the Kbely Aerodrome. It was on a similar machine that Mr. Alan J. Cobham flew from London to Brussels in less than four hours.
THE FOKKER T-III MONOPLANE: The machine shown above is a three-seater low-wing cantilever monoplane, which is fitted with either a 450 h.p. Napier "Lion" or a 360 h.p. Rolls-Royce "Eagle." Several af this type have been - or are being - constructed for the Portuguese Government, and it was the type of machine which Admiral Continho and Commdr. Sacadura Cabral selected for their world-flight. If required, the wheels may be replaced by two floats. Its span is 69 ft. 6 ins.; overall length, 42 ft. 6 ins.; wing area, 775 sq. ft.; and speed 111-6 m.p.h.
The "S.6" of the Czech Military Aircraft Factory is a two-seater reconnaissance machine with 260 h.p. Maybach engine.
AMERICAN FORMATION FLYING: Fighting Squadron One, Aircraft Squadrons, U.S. Battle Fleet, flying over San Diego harbour. The machines are "T.31" fighters, fitted with 200 h.p. Wright (Lawrence) "J.1" radial air-cooled engines.
FROM THE GERMAN GLIDER AND LIGHT PLANE EXPERIMENTS AT ROSSITTEN, NEAR KOENIGSBERG: On the left, Herr Arthur Martens being catapulted off on his machine "Max," and on the right a picture of Martens standing by the 4 h.p. engine of his machine.
The engine cowling of the " Ae.20." The engine is a 300 h.p. Hispano-Suiza. The radiator is a special "Aero" type, and incorporates a "comb" between the segments for varying the cooling.
The open centre-section of the lower plane of the "Ae.18." The wing is in one piece, and rests in a cut-out in the bottom of the fuselage, being secured by four bolts at each corner of the panel.
The Dietrich-Gobiet "D.P.VIIA'' parasol monoplane with Siemens radial engine.
SOME GERMAN CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS AT PRAGUE: 3. The parasol monoplane wing of the Dietrich-Gobiet is attached to the fuselage by four tubular tripods.
The "Aero" A.12 two-seater fighter and reconnaissance biplane, with 260 h.p. Maybach engine. On the right a view of the engine with cowl removed. Note the curiously-shaped side-radiators.
The "S.8" racing monoplane of the Czech Military Aircraft Factory. This machine is fitted with a Napier "Lion" engine, and is credited with a speed of 360 km/h. (225 m.p.h.).
SOME SMOLIK DETAILS: Metal construction is largely employed by the Czech Military Aircraft Factory, a typical example of fuselage construction being shown in 1. 2 shows the undercarriage of the S.8, a monoplane racer with Napier "Lion" engine. Lamblin radiators, of the new strut type, are to be fitted on the chassis legs. In 3 are shown examples of wood wing construction.
VIEW OF SOME OF THE HANGARS ON ALEXANDRA PARK AERODROME: On the right may be seen the Monoplane Glider constructed by members of the Lancashire Aero Club
TWO VIEWS OF THE ALBATROS "L.66" LIGHT MONOPLANE: The engine shown is the Haacke, used in the early experiments, and it is stated that an engine of 30-40 h.p. will be fitted, of any type desired by the purchaser.
SOME GERMAN CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS AT PRAGUE: 5. The unusual termination of the top longerons in the Albatros L.66.
The Dietrich-Gobiet "D.P.IIa" is a two-seater biplane with Siemens radial engine.
CZECHO-SLOVAK CONCEPTION OF COMMERCIAL AEROPLANES: These three scale models represent designs either actually in course of construction or contemplated by the Military Aircraft Factory, to the designs of Ingenieur Smolik. 1 shows the "S.15," with four Hispano-Suiza engines placed in tandem in the wings. The propeller efficiency of the pusher screws aft of such a deep wing seems a somewhat doubtful quantity. In 2 is shown the model of a three-engined machine, in which the tractor engine in the fuselage is a Napier "Lion," while the two pushers are B.M.W. engines of 220 h.p. each. 3 shows a seven-engined design, but this has, we believe, been abandoned as being too ambitious.
At the Pageant: THE DE HAVILLAND "DORMOUSE": A recent "hush-hush" two-seater fighter biplane.