CLEVELAND biplane (J. Cleveland Jones, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and T. Taylor, Pelaw, Co. Durham)

   This was a tractor biplane with an uncovered, square section, wooden girder fuselage, tapering in both planes to a vertical post at the rear. The forward bays back to the pilot's seat were cross braced with steel tubes, aft of which cable bracing was employed. The sternpost supported a biplane tail with hinged elevators and twin, square shaped, all moving rudders between the tips of the fixed tailplanes. The undercarriage consisted of pairs of separate vee shaped units made from streamlined section steel tube and aluminum sockets, braced by cables. Twin skids with upturned tips carried pairs of wheels on axles sprung by flexible bands. The engine was mounted low down in the front of the fuselage and drove a two-bladed propeller by chain at about half engine speed. Long shallow radiators were mounted below the top longerons.
   The wings, which had marked camber, were built with the front spar and interplane struts along the leading edge. Three pairs of interplane struts were provided, dividing the wing structure into two outboard bays of equal size, with a smaller center section bay. Ailerons were fitted to both top and bottom wings which were of the single acting type.
   The Cleveland biplane, which was designed by Jones and built by Taylor, was completed but there were no reports of tests or of successful flights.

   Power: 35hp Thames four-cylinder horizontally opposed water-cooled, driving a two-bladed propeller by chain reduction gear (2:1 approx.)
   Data
   Span 30ft
   Length 26ft
   Weight 800 lb