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Tri-motor
A trimotor is an aircraft powered by three engines and represents a compromise between complexity and safety and was often a result of the limited power of the engines available to the designer. Many trimotors were designed and built in the 1920s and 1930s, when engine power lagged behind the designers' power requirements. See also * Trijet References {{Lists of aircraft, state=collapsed Aircraft configurations Trimotors Lists of aircraft by design configuration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aircraft
An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines. Common examples of aircraft include airplanes, helicopters, airships (including blimps), gliders, paramotors, and hot air balloons. The human activity that surrounds aircraft is called ''aviation''. The science of aviation, including designing and building aircraft, is called '' aeronautics.'' Crewed aircraft are flown by an onboard pilot, but unmanned aerial vehicles may be remotely controlled or self-controlled by onboard computers. Aircraft may be classified by different criteria, such as lift type, aircraft propulsion, usage and others. History Flying model craft and stories of manned flight go back many centuries; however, the first manned ascent — and safe descent — in modern times took place by larger hot-air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatra DE
The Anatra DE was a three-engined prototype Russian medium bomber of World War I. The biplane bomber was designed to hold four people. It was planned to use three engines to reach its target, then return using only one engine, having been lightened after dropping its payload. There was a single 140 hp Salmson engine at the front of the fuselage, and an 80 hp Le Rhône engine on each wing, which turned propellers attached to the rear of the engine, behind the wing. These engines were placed in a pusher configuration In an aircraft with a pusher configuration (as opposed to a tractor configuration), the propeller(s) are mounted behind their respective engine(s). Since a pusher propeller is mounted behind the engine, the drive shaft is in compression in nor ..., and each wing also had a gun turret one each engine nacelle. In total, the aircraft had three guns, and could carry 400 kg of bombs. The only prototype that was built, weighing 327 kg more than expect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beardmore Inflexible
The Beardmore Inflexible, also known as the Rohrbach Ro VI, was a three-engined all-metal prototype bomber aircraft built by William Beardmore and Company at Dalmuir, Scotland. Design and development William Beardmore and Company had acquired a licence for the use of the Rohrbach principle for stressed-skin construction. Using these principles and drawings supplied by Rohrbach for the RoVI, the Beardmore company built a massive all-metal three-engined transport, the ''Beardmore Inflexible''. The aircraft was built in sections at Dalmuir between 1925 and 1927 which were shipped by sea to Felixstowe and from there delivered by road to the Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) at Martlesham Heath Airfield where it first flew on 5 March 1928. It appeared at the Hendon RAF Display later in the year. The aircraft was structurally advanced for its time and had good flying qualities. It was also a very large aircraft for the time, having a wingspan of - around great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batson Air Yacht
Batson is a patronymic surname, derived from Bartholomew. It may refer to: * Benjamin Batson (1942-1996), American academic and historian * Brendon Batson, English soccer player * Cameron Batson (born 1995), American football player * Daniel Batson, American social psychologist * Felix Ives Batson (1819-1871), American lawyer and politician * Henrietta Batson (1859-1943), English writer * Mark Batson, American record producer and songwriter * Matthew Arlington Batson (1866-1917), United States Army officer * Nadia Batson, female soca singer of Trinidad and Tobago * Nathan Batson, English cricket player * Ruth Batson (1921-2003), American civil rights and education activist * Susan Batson, American actress, author, and producer; daughter of Ruth Batson Fictional characters * Billy Batson the alter ego of Captain Marvel See also * Batson, Texas * Batson venous plexus The Batson venous plexus (Batson veins) is a networ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bach 3-CT Air Yacht
The Bach Air Yacht was a trimotor airliner produced in the United States in the 1920s. Typical of its day, it was a high-wing braced monoplane, with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Unusual for airliners of the late 1920s (due to legislation that forbade carrying passengers in wooden aircraft), the Air Yachts were constructed almost entirely of wood with steel fittings, undercarriage, and struts. Different models were powered by varying combinations of Wright, Ryan-Siemens, Kinner, Comet, and Pratt & Whitney engines, a large engine in the nose of the aircraft, and two smaller "helpers" under the wings in nacelles supported by struts. As with so many aircraft companies of the late 1920s, the Bach Aircraft Company succumbed to the Great Depression, thus further development of the Air Yacht was abandoned after the 3-CT-9. On 26 July 1929, a 3-CT-9 model piloted by Waldo Waterman set a new altitude record, lifting a 1,000 kg payload to 20,820 ft (6,347 m). Variants ;3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avro 624 Six
AVRO, short for Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep ("General Association of Radio Broadcasting"), was a Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system. It was the first public broadcaster in the Netherlands. In 2014 AVRO merged with fellow broadcaster TROS to form AVROTROS. History On 8 July 1923, Hilversumsche Draadlooze Omroep was launched by the Nederlandsche Seintoestellen Fabriek (in English: Dutch Transmitter Factory) under supervision of Willem Vogt. On 21 July 1923, it provided the very first regular radio broadcast in the Netherlands. In 1927 it changed its name into Algemeene Nederlandsche Radio Omroep (ANRO), followed soon by a merger with Nederlandsche Omroep Vereeniging (NOV). On 28 December 1927, the two merged broadcasters continued as Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (A.V.R.O., in English: "General Association of Radio Broadcasting"). In 1938, AVRO sponsored what was the strongest AVRO 1938 chess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avro 619 Five
AVRO, short for Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep ("General Association of Radio Broadcasting"), was a Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system. It was the first public broadcaster in the Netherlands. In 2014 AVRO merged with fellow broadcaster TROS to form AVROTROS. History On 8 July 1923, Hilversumsche Draadlooze Omroep was launched by the Nederlandsche Seintoestellen Fabriek (in English: Dutch Transmitter Factory) under supervision of Willem Vogt. On 21 July 1923, it provided the very first regular radio broadcast in the Netherlands. In 1927 it changed its name into Algemeene Nederlandsche Radio Omroep (ANRO), followed soon by a merger with Nederlandsche Omroep Vereeniging (NOV). On 28 December 1927, the two merged broadcasters continued as Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (A.V.R.O., in English: "General Association of Radio Broadcasting"). In 1938, AVRO sponsored what was the strongest chess tournamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avro 618 Ten
The Avro 618 Ten or X was a passenger transport aircraft of the 1930s. It was a licensed version by Avro of the Fokker F.VIIB/3m. Development In 1928 Avro came to an arrangement with Fokker to license production of its successful F.VIIB/3m for sale in the British Empire (except Canada). The Avro designation 618 Ten was adopted as the aircraft was capable of carrying two crew and eight passengers. After a modification of the centre motor mounting to accommodate British airworthiness requirements, the aircraft was first displayed at the 1929 Olympia Aero Show. The Avro 642 Eighteen used the same wing as the Ten but had a new fuselage for 16 passengers. Operational history Australia The first five aircraft were sold to the new Australian National Airways. The type entered service on 1 January 1930 on the Brisbane-Sydney route, and later Melbourne-Sydney. They were: :VH-UMF '' Southern Cloud'' :VH-UMG ''Southern Star'' :VH-UMH ''Southern Sky'' :VH-UMI ''Southern Moon'' :VH-UN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avis BGV-1
Avis is Latin for bird and may refer to: Aviation *Auster Avis, a 1940s four-seat light aircraft developed from the Auster Autocrat (abandoned project) *Avro Avis, a two-seat biplane *Scottish Aeroplane Syndicate Avis, an early aircraft built by Howard Wright Businesses *Avis Budget Group *Avis Car Rental Places *Avis, Portugal, a municipality in the south of Portugal * Avis, Ohio, United States, an unincorporated community *Avis, Pennsylvania, United States, a borough Other uses *Avis (name), a given name and a surname *Andover Village Improvement Society, a land preservation society *''Associazione Volontari Italiani Sangue'', or ''AVIS'', an Italian blood donation organisation *Avis Dam, a dam near Windhoek, Namibia * USS ''Avis'' (Sp-382), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918 * Menton J. Matthews III or Avis, musician *Avis, an open-source implementation of the Elvin network event routing specification *Avis, a fictional deity on ''The Orville'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aviméta 132
__NOTOC__ The Aviméta 132 was a French three-engined monoplane transport for eight-passengers designed and built by Aviméta (''Société pour la Construction d'Avions Métallique ''). It was the first French all-metal aircraft but only one aircraft was built. Design and development The Aviméta 132 was a high-wing monoplane with a fixed conventional landing gear, powered by three uncowled Salmson 9Ab Between 1920 and 1951 the Société des Moteurs Salmson in France developed and built a series of widely used air-cooled aircraft engines.Gunston 1986, p. 158. Design and development After their successful water-cooled radial engines, developed ... radial air-cooled piston engines. Fuel tanks were built into the wings, fitted with jettison valves to empty the tanks in an emergency. The enclosed cockpit sat two crew with a cabin for eight passengers. It was intended to build both a day and night version but only one aircraft was built and it did not enter production. Specifica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avia 57
The Avia 57 was a 1930s Czechoslovak 14-passenger commercial transport, designed by Robert Nebesář and built by Avia. The type was not a success. Development The Avia 57 was a three-engined low-wing monoplane A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes. A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing con ... that first flew in 1935. Powered by three Hispano-Suiza 9Vd radial engines, it had landing gear that retracted into the nacelles of the wing-mounted engines. Specifications References Notes Bibliography * {{Avia aircraft 1930s Czechoslovakian airliners Trimotors 57 Low-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1935 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
