Word: handley
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...M.I.T. 1933 Fitch, g. g., Mayer Vandermark, r.f.b. r.f.b. Mohr Hasgood, l.f.b. l.f.b., Hans Denison, r.h.b. r.h.b., Conway, Keasler Waters, Heard, Crossman, c.h.b. c.h.b., Snow Martin, l.h.b. l.h.b. Bateman Lindsey, r.o.f. r.o.f., Flint Eaton, r.i.f. r.i.f., Way Gallaway, c.f. c.f., Sinkweic Schumacher, l.i.f. l.i.f., Thumm, McCormack Williams, l.o.f. l.o.f., Handley...
Tanager. Birdy are the trade names of many a plane. Most systematic in such nomenclature has been Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co., Inc., with Hawk, Sea Hawk, Falcon, Condor (all birds of prey) and Fledgling. Last week Curtiss tested a new and unusually stable biplane. It has Handley-Page wing slots in both leading and trailing edges of its wings and is to compete for the Guggenheim Fund $150,000 safety prizes. The trade name chosen for this new plane was that of the gay and visually charming Tanager...
...demonstration machine, all to carry Wright Whirlwinds. Last week's autogiro will be entered in the Guggenheim Fund safety contest, en trance to which closes in October. First prize is $100,000. Five other prizes are for $10,000 each. Chief contenders are the Cierva Autogiro and the Handley-Page slotted-wing plane. Only a Brunner-Winkle biplane of the 11 U. S. entries (including one of the Autogiros being built by Mr. Pitcairn) has tried...
...entries: Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co., Schroeder-Wentworth Associates of Glencoe, Ill., Charles Ward Hall of Buffalo, Heraclio Alfaro of Cleveland, J. S. McDonnell Jr. & Associates of Milwaukee, Brunner-Winkle Aircraft Corp. of Brooklyn. Foreign entries: De Havilland Co., Handley-Page Ltd., Vickers Ltd., Gloster Aircraft Co. and Cierva Autogiro, all of England; Societa Italiana Ernesto Breda of Milan...
...Frederick Handley Page invented his slot interceptor, last week announced as effectively tested. The interceptor is a second long narrow wing set just back of the slot at the main wing front. Like the auxiliary wing in front of it, it normally lies within the main wing surface. The interceptor is connected by bars to the aileron of its wing...