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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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178:1,823 sq ft (169.4 m)
172:86 ft 10 in (26.47 m)
119:Sir W. G. Armstrong Aircraft Company
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1074:1920s British military aircraft
184:16,000 lb (7,257 kg)
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260:. London: Putnam Publishing.
1089:Aircraft first flown in 1921
306:Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
142:built was taken out of use.
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99:Armstrong Whitworth Sinaia
69:F.M Green and John Lloyd
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1079:Siddeley-Deasy aircraft
256:Tapper, Oliver (1973).
157:General characteristics
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18:Siddeley-Deasy Siniai
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240:Tapper 1973
228:Tapper 1973
196:V12 engines
188:Powerplant:
111:F. M. Green
105:Development
1068:Categories
1032:Transports
707:Argosy (2)
702:Argosy (1)
205:References
176:Wing area:
40:Day bomber
1039:Albemarle
966:Armadillo
803:Airliners
717:Armadillo
687:Albemarle
315:numerical
170:Wingspan:
151:Data from
66:Designer
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981:Starling
971:Scimitar
944:Fighters
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815:Atalanta
772:Starling
752:Scimitar
747:Sea Hawk
722:Atalanta
1018:Tadpole
935:A.W.171
909:Whitley
882:Bombers
796:By role
782:Whitley
777:Tadpole
675:By name
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657:A.W.681
652:A.W.680
647:A.W.670
642:A.W.660
637:A.W.650
632:A.W.171
627:A.W.169
622:A.W.168
32:Sinaia
976:Siskin
956:A.W.16
930:A.W.52
904:Sinaia
899:A.W.29
894:A.W.23
889:A.W.19
825:Apollo
820:Ensign
767:Sissit
762:Sinaia
757:Siskin
742:Meteor
737:Ensign
692:Apollo
617:A.W.59
612:A.W.58
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381:F.K.12
376:F.K.10
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1049:Awana
1002:F.K.8
997:F.K.3
732:Awana
727:Atlas
712:Aries
391:F.M.4
371:F.K.9
366:F.K.8
361:F.K.7
356:F.K.6
351:F.K.5
346:F.K.4
341:F.K.3
336:F.K.2
331:F.K.1
210:Notes
164:Crew:
37:Role
1023:Wolf
787:Wolf
682:Ajax
262:ISBN
190:2 ×
93:The
961:Ara
925:Ape
856:R33
849:R29
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