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engine. The undercarriage consisted of a pair of wheels below the wing leading edge, supplemented by skids extending forward to protect the propeller in case of a nose-over, and a single sprung tailskid mounted under the rear of the fuselage. The fuselage was subsequently rigged lower down, and the
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The aircraft was first flown by McClean on 10 January 1912, and performed well, having a short takeoff run and a speed of 60 mph (97 km/h). McClean lent the aircraft to the Naval Flying School at
Eastchurch, and on 11 March a flight lasting four hours was made at Eastchurch by Lieut.
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mounted in front of it on top of the fuselage. The centre section of the lower wing was left uncovered, as was the fuselage aft of the cockpit: the cockpit section of the fuselage was covered with
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with a mechanic as passenger, landing because the engine was beginning to lose power: there was enough fuel for a further 2 1/2 hours flight, winning the
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was mounted in the middle of the gap between the upper and lower wings, and the tail surfaces consisted of a rectangular rudder mounted on the
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was sufficiently impressed by the aircraft to order two similar aircraft to be built, these becoming the 100 hp (75 kW)
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This article is about prototype light aircraft built in 1912. For a heavy bomber design from 1941, see
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As first built, the aircraft was an unequal-span two-seater
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biplane design powered by a 60 hp (45 kW)
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in 1910. Work was begun on a tractor version of the
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342:1,300 lb (590 kg)
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165:biplane design was due to
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45:Sports aircraft, trainer
1945:Rotary-engined aircraft
1935:Short Brothers aircraft
297:General characteristics
122:was a British two-seat
157:Design and development
1676:Maritime patrol &
256:Mortimer Singer Prize
161:The origination of a
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505:Short-Wright biplane
411:Barnes 1967, p.80-81
258:for naval officers.
292:Barnes 1967, p.87.
267:Gnome Double Omega
169:, who had flown a
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85:First flight
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65:Manufacturer
64:
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1839:Scion Senior
1804:Short Empire
1720:Sturgeon (I)
1525:
1518:
1511:
1453:Sturgeon (I)
1358:Scion Senior
632:
602:
500:Biplane No.3
495:Biplane No.2
490:Biplane No.1
433:
425:
416:
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398:
382:
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370:
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361:
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345:
339:
333:
327:
321:
315:
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296:
294:
289:
288:
275:Gnome Lambda
260:
248:
238:Gnome Lambda
203:
195:Horace Short
160:
119:
117:
94:Number built
79:Horace Short
22:
1829:Sandringham
1599:SB.4 Sherpa
1478:Triple-Twin
1468:Tandem-Twin
1338:Sandringham
1222:SD.3-60/360
1217:SD.3-30/330
525:Tandem-Twin
520:Triple-Twin
420:Barnes p.80
364:Performance
356:Propellers:
350:Gnome Gamma
346:Powerplant:
199:Gnome Gamma
167:Cecil Grace
129:, built by
28:Short S.36
1924:Categories
1780:Transports
1730:Sunderland
1463:Sunderland
1383:'Shamrock'
390:References
377:Endurance:
328:Wing area:
279:Short S.45
271:Short S.41
143:Short S.45
139:Short S.41
120:Short S.36
111:Short S.45
107:Short S.41
1744:Trainers:
1715:Springbok
1695:Singapore
1690:'G-Class'
1628:Fighters:
1504:Airships:
1443:Springbok
1418:Singapore
1348:Satellite
1288:'G-Class'
1248:'C-Class'
1032:S.45 (II)
798:Post-1921
556:sequence:
554:Early 'S'
510:Dunne D.5
379:6.5 hours
322:Wingspan:
310:Capacity:
290:Data from
277:-powered
269:-powered
263:Admiralty
230:aluminium
218:sternpost
179:Blackpool
175:monoplane
103:Variants
75:Designer
1940:Biplanes
1854:Shetland
1766:Sturgeon
1710:Shetland
1705:Sarafand
1667:Crusader
1644:Gliders:
1568:Sturgeon
1563:Stirling
1536:Bombers:
1448:Stirling
1408:'Shrimp'
1398:Shetland
1343:Sarafand
1283:'Folder'
1273:Crusader
1268:Cromarty
1253:Calcutta
1065:sequence
1027:S.45 (I)
800:sequence
483:Pre-1921
477:aircraft
222:elevator
214:fuselage
210:ailerons
201:engine.
173:tractor
1874:Valetta
1849:Sealand
1809:G-Class
1799:Belfast
1735:Seaford
1700:Rangoon
1660:Racers:
1635:Gurnard
1558:Sperrin
1497:By type
1488:Valetta
1433:Sperrin
1373:Sealand
1368:Seaford
1333:Rangoon
1313:Mercury
1298:Gurnard
1258:Chamois
1238:Belfast
1062:S.B.A.C
316:Length:
234:cowling
228:, with
226:plywood
206:two-bay
171:Blériot
163:tractor
127:biplane
124:tractor
1869:Skyvan
1864:Sherpa
1859:Solent
1844:Scylla
1771:Tucano
1651:Nimbus
1548:Seamew
1543:Bomber
1483:Tucano
1428:Solent
1423:Skyvan
1378:Seamew
1363:Scylla
1328:Nimbus
1323:Mussel
1278:Empire
1263:Cockle
1243:Bomber
535:Bomber
434:Flight
1834:Scion
1814:Hythe
1553:Shirl
1403:Shirl
1353:Scion
1231:Names
1052:S.312
847:S.8/8
304:Crew:
42:Role
1819:Kent
1761:S.38
1751:S.27
1614:SC.9
1609:SC.1
1604:SB.5
1594:SB.1
1318:Maia
1303:Kent
1212:SD.2
1207:SD.1
1202:SC.9
1197:SC.8
1192:SC.7
1187:SC.6
1182:SC.5
1177:SC.4
1172:SC.3
1167:SC.2
1162:SC.1
1157:SB.9
1152:SB.8
1147:SB.7
1142:SB.6
1137:SB.5
1132:SB.4
1127:SB.3
1122:SB.2
1117:SB.1
1112:SA.9
1107:SA.8
1102:SA.7
1097:SA.6
1092:SA.5
1087:SA.4
1082:SA.3
1077:SA.2
1072:SA.1
1047:S.48
1042:S.47
1037:S.46
1022:S.44
1017:S.43
1012:S.42
1007:S.41
1002:S.40
997:S.39
992:S.38
987:S.37
982:S.36
977:S.35
972:S.34
967:S.33
962:S.32
957:S.31
952:S.30
947:S.29
942:S.28
937:S.27
932:S.26
927:S.25
922:S.24
917:S.23
912:S.22
907:S.21
902:S.20
897:S.19
892:S.18
887:L.17
882:S.17
877:S.16
872:S.15
867:S.14
862:S.12
857:S.11
852:S.10
704:N.2B
699:N.2A
694:N.1B
678:S.81
673:S.80
668:S.62
663:S.53
658:S.52
653:S.51
648:S.50
643:S.49
638:S.48
633:S.45
628:S.44
623:S.43
618:S.41
613:S.39
608:S.38
603:S.36
598:S.35
593:S.34
588:S.33
583:S.32
578:S.29
573:S.28
568:S.27
563:S.26
348:1 Ă—
261:The
183:S.27
149:and
147:RNAS
141:and
133:for
118:The
1794:360
1789:330
1526:R38
1519:R32
1512:R31
842:S.8
837:S.7
832:S.6
827:S.5
822:S.4
817:S.3
812:S.2
807:S.1
785:830
780:827
775:320
770:310
765:301
760:184
755:166
750:136
745:135
709:N.3
312:one
306:one
177:at
151:RFC
1926::
740:81
735:74
730:42
281:.
153:.
98:1
725:3
467:e
460:t
453:v
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