Salmon Tandem Monoplane
The Salmon Tandem Monoplane was a single-seat sport aeroplane produced for the 1923 Lympne light aircraft trials. The aeroplane failed to fly. DevelopmentWith prizes worth a total of £2,150, the Lympne light aircraft competition of October 1923 attracted 28 entries including the Tandem Monoplane which was given competition number 27.[1] The aircraft was a single-seat tandem winged aero designed and built by Percy Salmon at Farnborough, England.[2] It was powered by a 3.5 hp (2.6 kW) Bradshaw motorcycle engine driving a tractor propeller mounted at the end of a strut-braced driveshaft.[2] It was registered as G-EBHQ on 23 March 1923 and was ready to fly by September 1923.[2] Several take-off attempts were made by Flying Officer Cecil Bouchier, but they were unsuccessful.[3] The aircraft was stored at Farnborough until it was later burnt.[2]
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