Part 22 (1/2)

THE MAURICE FARMAN--First, 1909, the 50-60 hp Renault and coil-spring chassis 1910, the sa of the characteristic bent-up skids 1911 appeared the huge French Military Trials 3-seater; also the round-ended planes and tails and ”Henry” type wheels This developed, 1912, into the square-ended planes and upper tail, and long double-acting ailerons of the British Military Trials The 1913 type had two rectangular tail-planes and better seating arrangements, known affectionately as the ”mechanical cow”; the same year came the first ”shorthorn,” with two tail-planes and a low nacelle This finally developed into the carefully streale tail-plane

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THE SHORT ”PUSHERS”--In 1909 caht biplane, with 35 hp

Green, on which Mr Moore-Brabazon won the ”Daily Mail's” 1000 prize for the first ht on a circuit on a British aeroplane Then the first box-kite flown by Mr Grace at Wolverhampton Later the famous ”extension” type on which the first Naval officers learned to fly Then the ”38” type with elevator on the nacelle, on which dozens of RNAS

pilots were taught

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SHORT TRACTORS, 1911-1912--They were all co-existent, but the first was the ”tractor-pusher” (bottom of picture) Then came the ”twin-tractor plus propeller” (at top) A developht), with two 50 hp Gnomes, one i the two chains, the other coupled direct Later cainal of the famous Short seaplanes

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THE VICKERS MACHINES: First the Vickers-REP of 1911, which developed into the full-bodied No V with REP engine, then the Military Trials ”sociable” with Viale engine, and so to the big No VII with a 100 hp

Gnome Contemporary with the No V and No VI were a number of school box-kites of ordinary Farman type, which developed into the curious ”puun 'bus” of 1913 Thence arrived the gun-carrier with 100 hp monosoupape Gnome

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THE BRISTOL AEROPLANES--First, 1910, Farman type box-kites familiar to all early pupils Then the miniature Maurice-Farman type biplane of the ”Circuit of Britain” Contened by Pierre Prier, and after it a similar machine with fixed tail Then caned by M Coanda for the Military Trials, 1912

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THE BRISTOL TRACTORS--Late 1912 caned by Mr Gordon England for Turkey 1912-13 came the biplane built onto the Military Trials ned by M Coanda for Rouined Coanda tractor 1913, followed by 80 hp Gnoned by Messrs Barnwell and Busteed, which with Gnoreat successes Almost contemporary was the two-seater Bristol

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THE MARTINSYDES--1909, first experiine JAP-engined ined ine was built, followed by powerful Austro-Daiined scout biplanes, 1914, some with, some without, skids

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THE CURTISS BIPLANES--In 1909 ca,” the united product of Glen Curtiss, Dr Graham Bell, and J A D McCurdy Then the box-kite type, 1909, on which Mr Curtiss won the Gordon-Bennett Race at Reims Next the ”rear-elevator” pusher, 1912, followed by first tractor, 1913, with an outside flywheel All purely Curtiss et away froines varying fro types of chassis All these have ordinary ailerons

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THE BLERIOT (1)--The first engine-driven machine was a ”canard”

monoplane Then came the curious tractor monoplanes 1908-1909, in order shown Famous ”Type XI” was prototype of all Bleriot successes

”Type XII” was never a great success, though the ancestor of the popular ”parasol” type The big passenger carrier was a descendant of this type

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THE BLERIOT (2):--1910, ”Type XI,” on which Mr Grahame-White won Gordon-Bennett Race, with a 14-cylinder 100 hp Gnoe and effective elevator flaps On this type, with a 50 hp Gnome, Lieut de Conneau (M Beaumont) won Paris-Rome Race and ”Circuit of Britain” Saneux, and fast but dangerous ”clipped-wing”