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Страна: Великобритания

Год: 1915

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G.Duval British Flying-Boats and Amphibians 1909-1952 (Putnam)

White and Thompson No. 3 Boat (1914)

   In October 1913, the Curtiss flying-boat made its first appearance in this country, when Glenn Curtiss personally delivered one machine to Captain Ernest Bass. Housed at Volk’s Seaplane Base on Brighton beach, it was initially flown by Mr J. D. Cooper, a pupil of the Curtiss School. Maintenance for the machine was secured by commissioning the small aviation company operated by Norman Thompson and Douglas White at Bognor Regis. The company shortly afterwards acquired the exclusive British rights to build flying-boats to the basic Curtiss design, and obtained the services of E. C. Gordon England as test pilot. As a primary venture, White and Thompson decided to build two flying-boats for the 1914 Daily Mail Round Britain Race, one being powered with the 150 h.p. Beardmore, the other, larger, machine to be fitted with two 90 h.p. Curtiss OX engines. The single-engined machine, a two-seater, resembled the original Curtiss, but was designed throughout by the British company. Its hull was built by Saunders of Cowes, and covered with ‘Consuta’ copper-sewn plywood. Dual controls were fitted, and the rudder horn balanced. Flight testing on 9 August, 1914, was successful, and, the Round Britain Race having been cancelled, the machine went to the R.N.A.S. as No. 233. Six more examples were ordered, the production version becoming known as the White and Thompson No. 3 Boat. Eventually, eight or more were delivered, the 150 h.p. Beardmore being retained as the standard power unit, although one example had a 150 h.p. direct-drive Hispano-Suiza. The first machine was delivered to R.N.A.S. Dover, by Gordon England, accompanied by Douglas White. Used for coastal patrol work from Dover, the type was eventually armed with a Lewis gun, pillar-mounted on the port side of the cockpit.

SPECIFICATION
   Power Plant:
   One 150 h.p. Beardmore
   One machine - 150 h.p. Hispano-Suiza
   Span: Prototype - 45 feet
   Length: 27 feet 6 inches
   Weight Loaded: 2,400 pounds
   Total Area: 400 square feet
   Max. Speed:
   Prototype - 70 m.p.h.
   Production - 85 m.p.h.
   Endurance: Prototype - 6 hours
   Armament: Production - one .303-inch Lewis gun

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Описание:

  • G.Duval British Flying-Boats and Amphibians 1909-1952 (Putnam)
  • M.Goodall, A.Tagg British Aircraft before the Great War (Schiffer)
  • J.Bruce British Aeroplanes 1914-1918 (Putnam)
  • H.King Armament of British Aircraft (Putnam)
  • O.Thetford British Naval Aircraft since 1912 (Putnam)