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The Howard Wright 1910 Monoplane was an early British aircraft. It was one of a series of similar designs built by Wright, then one of Englands foremost aircraft engineers, between 1909 and 1910. Three of these were on display at the 1910 Aero show at Olympia. The noted English pioneer aviator and aircraft designer Thomas Sopwith learnt to fly in an example. ==Development== The Howard Wright 1910 monoplane was one of a series of similar aircraft designed by W.O. Manning for Howard T Wright during 1909 and 1910. The 1910 monoplane was built for Wright's brother Warwick and was shown at the 1910 Aero Exhibition in London, where two other similar aircraft designed by Manning for Wright were also on display. In common with the other aircraft the 1910 Monoplane was a tractor monoplane with an uncovered wire-braced wood fuselage. It was powered by 40 hp (30 kW E.N.V. water-cooled engine. The fabric-covered wooden wings were mounted on the upper longerons of the fuselage, which tapered to a horizontal knife-edge at the tail, carrying a rectangular rudder and a fixed horizontal stabiliser with tip elevators at each end. In order to reduce drag, the wing bracing used flat steel ribbons rather than wires, the struts of the undercarriage were of streamline section, and a polished aluminium spinner was fitted to the wooden propellor. The twin radiators were positioned over the inner end of each wing, being curved to follow the wing section. The aircraft was exhibited at the 1910 Aero Exhibition at Olympia, after which it was taken to the Royal Aero Club's flying field at Eastchurch for testing, where it first flew on 3 April piloted by Warwick Wright. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Howard Wright 1910 Monoplane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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