War Office contest in 1912 on Salisbury Plain is described; illustration of official attitude towards those who dared to fly and build airplanes by private enterprise; enclosed biplane to take 60-hp. Green engine designed by A. V. Roe; F. P. Raynham in enclosed Avro biplane beat existing duration record for all-British machines by making 7 1/2-hr. non-stop flight.


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    Title :

    Twenty years of aviation


    Additional title:

    Airways


    Contributors:
    Roe, A.V. (author)

    Published in:

    Airways ; 5 , n 5 ; p 161-162


    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    2 pages


    Remarks:

    2 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Twenty years of aviation

    Roe, A.V. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1928


    Twenty years of aviation

    Roe, A.V. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1928


    Twenty years of aviation

    Roe, A.V. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1928


    Twenty years of aviation

    Roe, A.V. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1928


    Twenty years of aviation

    Roe, A.V. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1928