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Valkyrie
Role
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Aeronautical Syndicate Ltd
Designer Horatio Barber
First flight 1910
Number built 11 by May 1911

The Aeronautical Syndicate Valkyrie was as a series of British aircraft of the early 1910s. Unusually for the time, they were canard (i.e. tail first) monoplanes. Small numbers were built in 1910–1911, being used as training aircraft and flying the first air frieght flight, but the type was abandoned by 1912.

Design and development

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In 1909 the British aviation pioneer Horatio Barber set up the Aeronautical Syndicate Ltd at Larkhill on Salisbury Plain, and started to design and build experimental aircraft.[1] His first aircraft, which made its maiden flight in March 1910,[1] was a single-engined pusher configuration canard monoplane. It had a fixed canard surface with a separate forward mounted elevator behind and below the canard, and a forward mounted vertical fin. Lateral control was by wing warping, while it was powered by a 60 hp (45 kW) Green engine.[2]

Specifications (Valkyrie Type B)

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Data from The Aeroplanes of the Royal Air Force[3]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1 or 2
  • Length: 26 ft (7.9 m)
  • Wingspan: 31 ft (9.4 m)
  • Height: 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) [4]
  • Wing area: 168 sq ft (15.6 m2)
  • Empty weight: 550 lb (249 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Gnome rotary engine, 50 hp (37 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 70 mph (110 km/h, 61 kn)

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Bruce 1982, p.35.
  2. ^ Flight 12 March 1910, pp. 184–185.
  3. ^ Bruce 1982, p. 37.
  4. ^ Flight 1 April 1911, p. 253.

References

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  • A New All-British Aeroplane: The A.S.L. Monoplane". Flight, 12 March 1910, Vol II No 11. pp. 184–185.
  • Bruce, J.M. The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing). London: Putnam, 1982. ISBN 0 370 30084 x Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: invalid character.
  • Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing, Second edition, 2005. ISBN 0-7509-3981-8.
  • The Passing of Lieut. R. A. Cammell". Flight, 23 September 1911, Vol III No 38. p. 830.
  • "The Valkyrie Monoplane". Flight, 1 October 1910, Vol II No. 40. pp. 792–795.
  • "The Valkyrie Racer". Flight, 1 April 1911, Vol III No 13. pp. 272–274.

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