WHITE

J. Samuel White & Co., Ltd., shipbuilders and engineers, East Cowes, Isle of Wight. London office: 28, Victoria Street, S.W. This well-known firm of torpedo craft builders, etc., formally opened an aviation department on 1st January, 1913, with Howard T. Wright as general manager and designer. | 1913. Navy 'plane. | | Length | feet (m.) | 30 (9.15) | | Span | feet (m.) | 44 (13.40) | | Area | sq. feet (m².) | 500 (46-1/2) | | Weight | total lbs. (kgs.) | 2000 (907) | | useful lbs. (kgs.) | 650 (295) | | Motor | h.p. | 160 Gnome | | Speed | max. m.p.h. (km.) | 70 (115) | | min. m.p.h. (km.) | 35 (57) | | Number built |... | Remarks. —Hydro-biplane, with Howard T. Wright patent aeroplanes to give wide range of speed. Two patent hydro floats, 21 feet (m.) long, three steps on each. IMG:4965555019825936185_ill_075b.jpg:White Uniform Aeroplane Scale 60 bRITISH DIRIGIBLES. | Navy. | Army. | | Name and date. | II Willows 3. 1911. | III Astra Torres 2. 1913. | IV Parseval 18. 1913. | II BETA. 1909 (1910.) | III, & IV & V GAMMA, DELTA, EPSILON. 1910, 1912, 1913. | | Volume | c. feet (m³.) | 31,800 (900) | 222,500 (6,500) | 311,000 (8,800) | 21,000 (594) | 70,600 (2,000) | | Length | feet (m.) | 120 (36.50) |... | 276 (84) | 104 (31.70) | 152 (46) | | Diameter | feet (m.) | 40 (12.20) |... | 49¼ (15) | 25 (7.60) | 30 (9.10) | | Gasbags | fabric | Spencer | Continental | Metzler | Gold beater skin | Continental | | compartments | nil | 3 | nil | nil | nil | | ballonets | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Lift | total tons | about ½ | about 7 | about 10 | about ¾ | 2 ⅕ | | useful, tons |... |... |... |... |... | | Motors | h.p. | 30 (=30) | 2—120 Chenu (=240) | 2—180 Maybach (=360) | 1—30 Green (=30) | 2—50 Green (=100) | | Propellers | number | 2 (swivel) | 2 | 2 (s.r.) steel | 1 | 2 (swivel) | | blades | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | | diameter feet (m.) |... |... |... |... |... | | Speed | max. m.p.h. (km.) |... | 38 (63) | 42 (68) | 18 (29) | 28 (45) | | Endurance | full speed |... |... |... |... | 4 hours | | Max. complement | 2 | 15-18 | 10-12 | 3 | 5 | | Station | Farnborough |... |... | Farnborough | Farnborough | Notes. —All the above are non-rigid. The military ones were all built at the Royal Aircraft Factory.