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wing. The aircraft suffered from stability problems due to insufficient aileron control and unpredictable variations caused by the rear propeller working in the wake of the front one. It was lent to the RNAS for pilot training and was eventually crashed by Samson. The aircraft was given the nicknames
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to gain his aero club certificate, the first issued to a naval officer. After a crash at the Lanark aviation meeting in August 1910 it was rebuilt with reduced span front elevator and a 50 hp Gnome, and was used by McClean to gain his Aero Club certificate on 19 September. Lent to the Navy for
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mounted underneath the tailplane, while Grace's E.N.V. engined example had an additional rudder mounted above it. The undercarriage was simpler than Farman's design, and consisted of a pair of wheels mounted on an axle attached to the skids: supplementary tailskids were attached to the ends of the
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engines, one in the front of the nacelle driving a pair of tractor propellers mounted on the interplane struts, with the chain drive to the left-hand propeller crossed so that the front propellers revolved in opposite directions, and the second engine mounted behind the trailing edge of the lower
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Kingdom to a destination in mainland Europe before the end of 1910. Grace
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at either end, access to the cockpit being via a hole in the nacelle floor. Tail surfaces were modified by the addition of an extra pair of rectangular rudders above the tailplane. It was first flown by McClean on 29 October 1911. with equal-span wings: extensions were later fitted to the upper
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for the pilot and passenger, seated in tandem: a similar nacelle was later fitted to S.34. Some were built with dual controls for instructional purposes. Many of the aircraft built were later extensively rebuilt, in effect becoming different types.
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due to poor visibility. Later that day he took advantage of an improvement in weather conditions to attempt to fly back to Dover, but after take-off encountered severe fog, and misjudged his course. He was sighted by the
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by 12 feet 3 inches (3.73 metres), a strengthened wing structure, and a reduced span front elevator without the sections outboard of the booms. They were powered by a 50 or 70 hp (37 or 52 kW)
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Francis McClean, using parts of S.27. fitted with a short nacelle on top of the lower wing with a 50 hp (37 kW)
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for flight training. Later rebuilt with 70 ft span, and renumbered No.14. Later presented to the
Admiralty, (No.904) rebuilt as a Type 38, flown by the Navy as No. 904, and used for flight training at
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between 27 June and 2 July 1910. Here he made what was judged the most spectacular flight of the meeting, remaining aloft for nearly half an hour and reaching an altitude of over 500 ft (150 m).
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Green engine, initially owned by Moore-Brabazon, then sold to McClean (Fleet No.5) and fitted with a 50 hp Gnome. Used for training purposes at
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on 1 March 1911 and earned their wings in six weeks. In
October 1911, the Royal Navy purchased the two aircraft and established the Naval Flying School, Eastchurch, at Eastchurch airfield.
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monoplane. It was flown by Samson (now promoted to the rank of
Commander) and Lieut. Gregory. A convincing display of the possibilities of naval aviation was made in the presence of
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struts and under the tail of Improved S.27 No. 38 to enable the aircraft to land on water. On 1 December 1911, Longmore used the aircraft to become the first person in the
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fitted to both upper and lower wings. It was first flown by McClean on 18 September 1911 and bought by the Admiralty in June 1912, being given the serial number T.3.
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engine. S.29 was built as a reserve airframe. Since Grace flew his machine at a large number of aviation events, the design became generally known as the Short S.27.
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Long Range version, "Naval Biplane No. 3". Bought by the Admiralty and became "No. 1 Biplane" and later "B1" and then "T1" and then "1"
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and the upper walkway of the bridge, and then flew under the remaining bridges before alighting at Westminster, skimming the water at
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reported hearing the sound of an aircraft engine some distance offshore, but no further trace of Grace or his aircraft were found.
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50 ft (15 m), and the top wing was later further extended, giving it an upper span of 64 ft (20 m).
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Roffe, Michael and David Baker. "Great moments in aviation – No 12".
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An Improved S.27 series aeroplane with extended upper wing.
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Early British Military biplane made by the Short Brothers
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Dual control, used by RFC for flight training at Upavon.
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1327:The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft
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1346:, August 1995, Vol 23, No. 8. pp. 54–55.
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2881:1910s British military trainer aircraft
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2901:Aircraft first flown in 1910
1102:"Flight From the Hibernia".
964:"A New Short Biplane: No.27"
1119:Barnes 1989, pp. 59, 60, 61
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1441:Biplane No.2
1436:Biplane No.1
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2775:Sandringham
2545:SB.4 Sherpa
2424:Triple-Twin
2414:Tandem-Twin
2284:Sandringham
2168:SD.3-60/360
2163:SD.3-30/330
1471:Tandem-Twin
1466:Triple-Twin
1261:"Replica".
1193:7 June 1913
1092:18 May 1912
1025:9 July 1910
972:4 July 1910
880:Performance
868:Gnome Omega
864:Powerplant:
724:Triple Twin
662:Tandem Twin
587:Gnome Omega
580:Tandem Twin
546:Gnome Omega
542:Triple Twin
463:Westminster
437:Deperdussin
313:Lieutenants
238:Cecil Grace
144:Cecil Grace
112:C.R. Samson
37:Short S.27
2870:Categories
2726:Transports
2676:Sunderland
2409:Sunderland
2329:'Shamrock'
1385:Short S.27
1274:References
846:Wing area:
705:Built for
625:Short S.80
562:Short S.38
522:Short S.38
498:RAF Upavon
433:Short S.41
405:battleship
324:Royal Navy
129:Farman III
100:Short S.27
2690:Trainers:
2661:Springbok
2641:Singapore
2636:'G-Class'
2574:Fighters:
2450:Airships:
2389:Springbok
2364:Singapore
2294:Satellite
2234:'G-Class'
2194:'C-Class'
1978:S.45 (II)
1744:Post-1921
1502:sequence:
1500:Early 'S'
1456:Dunne D.5
1352:0143-7240
1104:The Times
840:Wingspan:
814:Data from
782:Operators
753:Admiralty
741:As above.
515:HMS
401:Sheerness
358:Commander
322:from the
305:Admiralty
282:lightship
162:tailplane
159:monoplane
2800:Shetland
2712:Sturgeon
2656:Shetland
2651:Sarafand
2613:Crusader
2590:Gliders:
2514:Sturgeon
2509:Stirling
2482:Bombers:
2394:Stirling
2354:'Shrimp'
2344:Shetland
2289:Sarafand
2229:'Folder'
2219:Crusader
2214:Cromarty
2199:Calcutta
2011:sequence
1973:S.45 (I)
1746:sequence
1429:Pre-1921
1423:aircraft
900:See also
551:ailerons
504:Variants
475:bascules
449:Hibernia
441:Nieuport
429:Weymouth
421:Hibernia
377:Hibernia
353:Hibernia
297:Tasmania
286:Ramsgate
207:wingspan
170:ailerons
166:elevator
46:Training
2820:Valetta
2795:Sealand
2755:G-Class
2745:Belfast
2681:Seaford
2646:Rangoon
2606:Racers:
2581:Gurnard
2504:Sperrin
2443:By type
2434:Valetta
2379:Sperrin
2319:Sealand
2314:Seaford
2279:Rangoon
2259:Mercury
2244:Gurnard
2204:Chamois
2184:Belfast
2008:S.B.A.C
1246:7 April
834:Length:
766:Replica
687:Hendon.
649:The Dud
330:of the
219:nacelle
164:and an
157:with a
155:biplane
2815:Skyvan
2810:Sherpa
2805:Solent
2790:Scylla
2717:Tucano
2597:Nimbus
2494:Seamew
2489:Bomber
2429:Tucano
2374:Solent
2369:Skyvan
2324:Seamew
2309:Scylla
2274:Nimbus
2269:Mussel
2224:Empire
2209:Cockle
2189:Bomber
1481:Bomber
1365:
1350:
1333:
1318:
1303:
1283:Flight
1211:Barnes
1190:Flight
1133:Flight
1089:Flight
1054:Flight
1022:Flight
1005:Flight
1002:(pdf)
987:Flight
984:(pdf)
969:Flight
966:(pdf)
793:
716:RNAS2.
517:London
467:Thames
455:London
415:Africa
410:Africa
274:Calais
233:Flight
174:rudder
2780:Scion
2760:Hythe
2499:Shirl
2349:Shirl
2299:Scion
2177:Names
1998:S.312
1793:S.8/8
933:Notes
828:Crew:
373:'
266:Dover
212:Gnome
203:strut
82:1910
42:Role
2765:Kent
2707:S.38
2697:S.27
2560:SC.9
2555:SC.1
2550:SB.5
2540:SB.1
2264:Maia
2249:Kent
2158:SD.2
2153:SD.1
2148:SC.9
2143:SC.8
2138:SC.7
2133:SC.6
2128:SC.5
2123:SC.4
2118:SC.3
2113:SC.2
2108:SC.1
2103:SB.9
2098:SB.8
2093:SB.7
2088:SB.6
2083:SB.5
2078:SB.4
2073:SB.3
2068:SB.2
2063:SB.1
2058:SA.9
2053:SA.8
2048:SA.7
2043:SA.6
2038:SA.5
2033:SA.4
2028:SA.3
2023:SA.2
2018:SA.1
1993:S.48
1988:S.47
1983:S.46
1968:S.44
1963:S.43
1958:S.42
1953:S.41
1948:S.40
1943:S.39
1938:S.38
1933:S.37
1928:S.36
1923:S.35
1918:S.34
1913:S.33
1908:S.32
1903:S.31
1898:S.30
1893:S.29
1888:S.28
1883:S.27
1878:S.26
1873:S.25
1868:S.24
1863:S.23
1858:S.22
1853:S.21
1848:S.20
1843:S.19
1838:S.18
1833:L.17
1828:S.17
1823:S.16
1818:S.15
1813:S.14
1808:S.12
1803:S.11
1798:S.10
1650:N.2B
1645:N.2A
1640:N.1B
1624:S.81
1619:S.80
1614:S.62
1609:S.53
1604:S.52
1599:S.51
1594:S.50
1589:S.49
1584:S.48
1579:S.45
1574:S.44
1569:S.43
1564:S.41
1559:S.39
1554:S.38
1549:S.36
1544:S.35
1539:S.34
1534:S.33
1529:S.32
1524:S.29
1519:S.28
1514:S.27
1509:S.26
1363:ISBN
1348:ISSN
1331:ISBN
1316:ISBN
1301:ISBN
1248:2012
866:1 ×
739:S.44
733:S.43
722:The
720:S.39
713:S.38
703:S.35
697:S.34
691:S.33
680:S.32
674:S.29
668:S.28
658:S.27
651:and
640:S.26
612:Nile
594:and
509:S.38
481:and
453:HMS
419:HMS
408:HMS
399:off
351:HMS
295:and
293:Fiji
123:S.27
98:The
48:and
2740:360
2735:330
2472:R38
2465:R32
2458:R31
1788:S.8
1783:S.7
1778:S.6
1773:S.5
1768:S.4
1763:S.3
1758:S.2
1753:S.1
1731:830
1726:827
1721:320
1716:310
1711:301
1706:184
1701:166
1696:136
1691:135
1655:N.3
774:at
496:at
2872::
1686:81
1681:74
1676:42
1112:^
762:.
598:.
524:.
424:.
248:.
1671:3
1413:e
1406:t
1399:v
1369:.
1354:.
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