By Don Lambert Brown
Книга Miles airplane when you consider that 1925 Miles plane due to the fact that 1925 Книги Вооружение Автор: Don Lambert Brown Год издания: 1970 Формат: pdf Издат.:Putnam Страниц: 420 Размер: 157.55 ISBN: 0370001273 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: zero) Оценка:A background of the Miles airplane production corporation, from the adolescence to post-war monetary quandary. The Miles corporation synthetic a few 7000 airplane, and designed different airplane which by no means flew, together with what may were the world's first supersonic plane.
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The story of these experiments, which ultimately led to the widespread adoption of the balloon barrage as a means of defence, is vividly described by Clouston in his book The Dangerous Skies published in 1954. The experiments also led to the fitting of wire cutters to the wings of bombers used for low level raids on Germany. 2H. 130 hp de Havilland Gipsy Major. Span 33 £1; length 24 ft; height 6 £1 8 in; wing area 169 sq ft. Weight empty 1,150 lb; all up weight 1,800 lb; wing loading 10·65 lbjsq ft.
The proposal consisted of a large-chord trailing edge flap which could be extended rearward and downward along curved guides and coupled to large drooping ailerons. The idea was to allow a high wing loading while keeping the stalling speed low enough to permit operation from a carrier. Much positive data was obtained from the tests as regards the lift obtainable and the handling characteristics and, in a modified form, the idea was later incorporated in the proposed fighter. Another idea, also tried out on a Sparrowhawk, consisted of large retractable double-slotted flaps extending for 45 per cent of the span.
This version was a threeseater and had a 2 ft increase in span. 2D, three-seat open cockpit. 95 hp Cirrus IlIA. Span 35 ft. All up weight 1,800 lb. Maximum speed 114 mph; cruising speed 98 mph. Range 450 miles. 61 REGISTRA nONS No complete production record has survived. , -CTN, -CTO, -CUD, -CVN, -CVO, -CVP, -CYR (c/n 108), -CYA, -CZD, -CZG, -CZI, -CZW, -DBK, -DDM, -DGI, -DGR -DVR G-ACKX to Sourabaya as PK-SAL-strengthened internally and fitted with additional cowling louvres and equipment. Tare weight 1,035 lb G-ACTO to Geneva as CH-380.