PRIZE FOR HELICOPTER
' DETAILS OF THE CONDITIONS.
(Received Utb May, 1 p.m.)
LONDON, 10th May. The Air Ministry has issued the condition* governing the prize; of £50,000 for the production of a helicopter, which must rise straight into the air, fly horizontally in any direction, and descend vestically into a restricted space. . The requirements are that the machine must rise 2000 feet and alight in five miles of wind and also in from five to twenty miles of wind; also make a vertioal ascent of 2000 feet, remain hovelling for half an hour; also fly a circuit of twenty miles at, a speed of sixty miles an hour, and lastly, manoeuvre over a given poinfc, and then, shutting off the engine, descend from 500 feet into an area, of IQD feet.
The prize will-be divided as follows: £5000 for a straight-up ascent and descent; £15,000 for hovering; £20,000 for a circular flight, and £10,000 for the descent without the engine. In addition to the pilot the helicopter must carry -petrol for an hour's flight and a load of 150 pounds. Several machines have already been designed, one having great revolving vanes driven by. a 1000 h.p. engine.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 111, 11 May 1923, Page 7
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197PRIZE FOR HELICOPTER Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 111, 11 May 1923, Page 7
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