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Short Silver Streak : ウィキペディア英語版 | Short Silver Streak
The Short Silver Streak was the first British all-metal aircraft.〔Jackson 1973, page 297〕 Designed and built by Short Brothers at Rochester, Kent, England.〔 Although Flight magazine claimed that it was the first instance of stressed skin construction in the world,〔("The First Fifty Years" ) ''Flight'' 11 December 1953 p762〕 it was preceded by a number of Dornier designs, including the Dornier-Zeppelin D.I, which was ordered into production.〔Grosz, 1998, p.0〕〔Grey, 1970, p.573-581〕 ==Development== The Silver Streak was a single-seat biplane with a semi-monocoque duralumin fuselage and duralumin covered wings.〔 It had a conventional landing gear and was powered by a 240 hp (179 kW) Siddeley Puma engine.〔 The Silver Streak was exhibited in July 1920 at Olympia in London.〔 Registered G-EARQ, it was first flown at Grain on the 20 August 1920 by test pilot J.L. Parker.〔 It was later modified as a two-seater and delivered to the Air Ministry in February 1921 for both flight and static testing.〔 The Air Ministry issued a specification for a two-seat reconnaissance biplane and Shorts produced the Springbok based on the Silver Streak.
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