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onto a single crankshaft. Unsurprisingly this little-tested powerplant proved unreliable and frequent problems with it interrupted the flight trials of the Sinaia, which flew for the first time on 25 June 1921. By
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The Sinaia was a three bay (with struts to the upper wings from the engine nacelles) biplane. The wings carried no stagger and were of equal span, though the lower wing was narrower. There were horn balanced ailerons on all wings. The empennage was of biplane configuration with a balanced elevator
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requirement for a day bomber. A large twin-engined biplane, its most interesting feature was the arrangement of the defensive armament. The Sinaia's engines were in nacelles mounted on the top of the lower wings and these nacelles were extended rearwards and upwards. Each extension housed a
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was a twin-engined biplane day bomber with gunners in rearwards extensions of the engine nacelles. Two examples were ordered by the Air
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108:Sir W. G. Armstrong Aircraft Company
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1063:1920s British military aircraft
173:16,000 lb (7,257 kg)
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249:. London: Putnam Publishing.
1078:Aircraft first flown in 1921
295:Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
131:built was taken out of use.
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88:Armstrong Whitworth Sinaia
58:F.M Green and John Lloyd
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1068:Siddeley-Deasy aircraft
245:Tapper, Oliver (1973).
146:General characteristics
84:Siddeley-Deasy Sinaia
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229:Tapper 1973
217:Tapper 1973
185:V12 engines
177:Powerplant:
100:F. M. Green
94:Development
1057:Categories
1021:Transports
696:Argosy (2)
691:Argosy (1)
194:References
165:Wing area:
29:Day bomber
1028:Albemarle
955:Armadillo
792:Airliners
706:Armadillo
676:Albemarle
304:numerical
159:Wingspan:
140:Data from
55:Designer
1073:Biplanes
970:Starling
960:Scimitar
933:Fighters
823:Airships
804:Atalanta
761:Starling
741:Scimitar
736:Sea Hawk
711:Atalanta
1007:Tadpole
924:A.W.171
898:Whitley
871:Bombers
785:By role
771:Whitley
766:Tadpole
664:By name
651:A.W.690
646:A.W.681
641:A.W.680
636:A.W.670
631:A.W.660
626:A.W.650
621:A.W.171
616:A.W.169
611:A.W.168
21:Sinaia
965:Siskin
945:A.W.16
919:A.W.52
893:Sinaia
888:A.W.29
883:A.W.23
878:A.W.19
814:Apollo
809:Ensign
756:Sissit
751:Sinaia
746:Siskin
731:Meteor
726:Ensign
681:Apollo
606:A.W.59
601:A.W.58
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375:F.K.13
370:F.K.12
365:F.K.10
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1038:Awana
991:F.K.8
986:F.K.3
721:Awana
716:Atlas
701:Aries
380:F.M.4
360:F.K.9
355:F.K.8
350:F.K.7
345:F.K.6
340:F.K.5
335:F.K.4
330:F.K.3
325:F.K.2
320:F.K.1
199:Notes
153:Crew:
26:Role
1012:Wolf
776:Wolf
671:Ajax
251:ISBN
179:2 ×
82:The
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914:Ape
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838:R29
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