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Salmon Tandem Monoplane
The Salmon Tandem Monoplane was a single-seat sport aeroplane produced for the 1923 Lympne light aircraft trials. The aeroplane failed to fly. Development With prizes worth a total of £2,150, the Lympne light aircraft trials, Lympne light aircraft competition of October 1923 attracted 28 entries including the Tandem Monoplane which was given competition number 27. The aircraft was a single-seat tandem winged aero designed and built by Percy Salmon at Farnborough, England.Ellis 1979, p. 131 It was powered by a Bradshaw motorcycle engine driving a tractor propeller mounted at the end of a strut-braced driveshaft. It was registered as ''G-EBHQ'' on 23 March 1923 and was ready to fly by September 1923. Several take-off attempts were made by Cecil Bouchier, Flying Officer Cecil Bouchier, but they were unsuccessful. The aircraft was stored at Farnborough until it was later burnt. References Notes Bibliography *Ellis, Ken ''British Homebuilt Aircraft since 1929''. Liver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Aircraft
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