~Propellers.~--1, at the front end of the car, of wood, "Integrale"
type.
~Steering.~--As in _Clement Bayard I_ and _Ville de Nancy_.
Remarks.--The two side stabilising shapes are duplicated, as they are in
the _Ville de Paris_. A webbing stretched on steel tubes is introduced
between the inner edges of the 4 main stabilising shapes to provide
extra stabilising surface.
TORRES-QUEVEDO II. Military.
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~Maximum length~, 147-3/4 feet (45 m.) ~maximum diameter~, 32-3/4 feet
(10 m.) ~volume,~ 56,700 c. feet (1,600 m cubed.)
~Total lift.~-- ? lbs. ( ? kgs.) ~Useful lift~, ? lbs. ( ? kgs.)
~Gas bags.~--
~Motor.~--60 h.p. Chenu.
~Speed.~--
~Propellers.~--
~Steering.~--
Remarks.--Designed by Captain Kindelan and Engineer Torres Quevedo.
SWEDISH.
~(Revised by Lieut. DAHLBECK, R. Swedish Navy.)~
~Aerial Societies:~--
Svenska Aeronautiska Saellskapet (Stockholm).
Kungl. Automobil klubben: (Fenixpalatset, Stockholm).
Svenska Motor-klubben: Aero sektion (Stockholm).
~Aerial Journals:~--
_Svensk Motor-Tidning_ (Fenixpalatset, Stockholm) Fortnightly.
~Flying Grounds:~--
~Ljungbyhed~ (Skane), sheds.
~Malmsl[~a]tt~, sheds.
~Military Aeroplanes.~
At the end of March, 1913, the Army possessed 1 monoplane, 1 biplane,
and 2 biplanes building.
The Navy had 1 _Bleriot_ type monoplane and 3 building.
At the end of 1912 there were 9 privately owned aeroplanes.
~AVIATORS.~
(The number against any name is, unless otherwise stated, the Ae. C.
Swedish pilot certificate.)
Military.
von Porat, Lieut. (6)
Ljungner, Lieut. (7)
Hamilton, Capt. (2)
Naval.
Dahlbeck, Lieut. (3) (British Ae. C. 120)
Werner, Lieut. (9)
Private.
Cedarstr[~o]m, Baron C. (1)
Fj[~a]llb[~a]ck (4)
Angstr[~o]m (5)
Sundstedt (8)
Thulin, M.A. (10)
SWEDISH AEROPLANES.
ASK. Monoplane.
[Illustration: _Harlan_ type. Built by Ask, 1911.]
NYROP. Naval Monoplane.
[Illustration: _Bleriot_ 2-seater. Built in Sweden by Nyrop, 1911.
~Motor~, 50 h.p. Gnome.]
DAHLBECK.
[Illustration: _Farman_ type. Built by Lieut. Dahlbeck. 1913.]
SWISS.
(By our special Swiss editor.)
~Aerial Societies:~--
Aero Club Suisse (3, Hirschengraben, Berne). Sec.: F. Filliot.
a Ostschweizerischer V. fuer L. (Zuerich).
b Sektion Mittelschwerz (Bern).
c Sektion Westschweiz (Romande) (Lausanne).
d Club Suisse d'Aviation (Geneva).
Club Genevois d'Aviation (Geneva). Sec.: P. Brasier.
Fluegsport Klub (Rorschach). Sec.: A. Zuern.
~Aerial Journals:~--
_Bulletin de l'Aero Club Suisse_ (Berne). Monthly.
_La Suisse Sportive_ (16, Rue de Hesse, Geneva). Weekly.
_Sport_ (35, Boulevard Exterieur, Berne).
_Automobil Revue_ (Berne). Weekly.
_Le Sport Suisse_ (Geneva). Weekly.
_L'Auto Sport_ (Geneva). Weekly.
_A.C.S._ (Swiss Aut. Clubs) (Geneva). Fortnightly.
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