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31 relations: Air Enthusiast, Air Ministry, Biplane, Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, Flight airspeed record, Flight International, Flight lieutenant, Floatplane, Fuselage, Gloster Aircraft Company, Gloster II, Gloster III, Gloster VI, Gull wing, Henry Folland, High Speed Flight RAF, Macchi M.39, Macchi M.52, Monocoque, Napier Lion, Royal Air Force, Samuel Kinkead, Schneider Trophy, Short Brothers, Short Crusader, Sidney Webster, Supermarine, Supermarine S.5, United Kingdom, Venice, W engine.
Air Enthusiast
Air Enthusiast was a British, bi-monthly, aviation magazine, published by the Key Publishing group.
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Air Ministry
The Air Ministry was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force, that existed from 1918 to 1964.
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Biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other.
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Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer formed in 1916 by Glenn Hammond Curtiss.
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Flight airspeed record
An air speed record is the highest airspeed attained by an aircraft of a particular class.
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Flight International
Flight International (or simply Flight) is a weekly magazine focused on aerospace, published in the United Kingdom.
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Flight lieutenant
Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt in the RAF and IAF; FLTLT in the RAAF and RNZAF—formerly sometimes F/L in all services) is a junior commissioned air force rank that originated in the Royal Naval Air Service and is still used in the Royal Air Force and many other countries, especially in the Commonwealth.
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Floatplane
A floatplane (float plane or pontoon plane) is a type of seaplane, with one or more slender pontoons (known as "floats") mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy.
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Fuselage
The fuselage (from the French fuselé "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section.
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Gloster Aircraft Company
The Gloster Aircraft Company was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1917 to 1963.
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Gloster II
The Gloster II was a British racing floatplane of the 1920s.
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Gloster III
The Gloster III was a British racing floatplane of the 1920s intended to compete for the Schneider Trophy air race.
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Gloster VI
The Gloster VI was a racing seaplane developed as a contestant for the 1929 Schneider Trophy by the Gloster Aircraft Company.
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Gull wing
The gull wing is an aircraft wing configuration with a prominent bend in the wing inner section towards the wing root.
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Henry Folland
Henry Philip Folland OBE (22 January 1889 – 5 September 1954) was an English aviation engineer and aircraft designer.
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High Speed Flight RAF
The RAF High Speed Flight, sometimes known as 'The Flight', was a small flight of the Royal Air Force (RAF) formed for the purpose of competing in the Schneider Trophy contest for racing seaplanes during the 1920s.
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Macchi M.39
The Macchi M.39 was a racing seaplane designed and built by the Italian aircraft company Aeronautica Macchi in 1925–26.
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Macchi M.52
The Macchi M.52 was an Italian racing seaplane designed and built by Macchi for the 1927 Schneider Trophy race.
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Monocoque
Monocoque, also structural skin, is a structural system where loads are supported through an object's external skin, similar to an egg shell.
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Napier Lion
The Napier Lion was a 12-cylinder 'broad arrow' W12 configuration aircraft engine built by D. Napier & Son from 1917 until the 1930s.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.
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Samuel Kinkead
Samuel Marcus Kinkead DSO, DSC & Bar, DFC & Bar (25 February 1897 – 12 March 1928) was a South African fighter ace with 33 victories during the First World War.
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Schneider Trophy
The Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider, commonly called the Schneider Trophy or Schneider Prize (sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Schneider Cup, a different prize), was a trophy awarded annually (and later, biannually) to the winner of a race for seaplanes and flying boats.
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Short Brothers
Short Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, is an aerospace company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Short Crusader
The Short Crusader also called the Short-Bristow Crusader and Short-Bristol Crusader was a British racing seaplane of the 1920s, built by Short Brothers to compete in the 1927 Schneider Trophy race.
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Sidney Webster
Air Vice-Marshal Sidney Norman Webster CBE AFC* (1900–1984) was an English aviator, a senior officer in the Royal Air Force who flew the winning aircraft in the 1927 Schneider Trophy seaplane race.
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Supermarine
Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer that produced, among the others, a range of seaplanes, flying boats and the Supermarine Spitfire fighter.
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Supermarine S.5
The Supermarine S.5 was a 1920s British single-engined single-seat racing seaplane built by Supermarine.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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Venice
Venice (Venezia,; Venesia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.
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W engine
A W engine is a type of reciprocating engine arranged with its cylinders in a configuration in which the cylinder banks resemble the letter W, in the same way those of a V engine resemble the letter V. Four different configurations have been called W engines.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_IV
