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Show Salt Lake Man Constructs Model Plane jt Miniature Copy of Navy Flier Is Built i WORKING model of an T-16-L type flying boat built by Carl F. Christensen, 757 East Third South street, Salt Lake. The model is held by Miss Afton McDonald, Red Cross worker. The dimensions of the model are: Wing span, id inches: length of hull, 21 inches: gab or distance between the winds, 5 inches: cord or width of wings. 31 -inches: control yoke is three-quarters of an inch in length and the propellers are six and one-half inches long. WORKING model of au T-16-L type flying boat, built jdflBPi, ' " by Carl F. Christensen, 757 East Third South street, asjy ' ' Sail Lake The model is by Miss Afton McDonald. 3BBBHBl Red Cross worker. The dimensions of the model are: Wing Bl span. 49 inches: length of hull, 21 inches: gab or distance & - - between the winds, 5 inches: cord or width of wings. 3 - -4BL ., iP' inches: control yoke is three-quarters of aa inch in length .iSBk MmmWVm ' and the propellers are six and one-half inches long. '- -aJBoBf's Aviation Experts Praise the 'Br "2Sikwir?' . '""" t t Workmanship of Car! ' '.W''t '' - F. Christensen. '" ty'.&ZK J T " '' 1 constructed during the war while j WVf-tv wQk "rV L . 1 TCg: I stationed at Pansac iSr?SjvR BBsMtf nkSVS m0f chief carpenter' -e mate In tho nava; ! jL ' -inftT' t'tr fl99PflElfe "l M what hBct BBBHHb be a perfect working model of an H-1S-L ' fittJ-SsWBP. . BRf!SriSi3fet.' ' , y type flying boat. BBlsslsSBc- oa The model is an exact duplicate of the " ' AHsSV - mt H-1S-T, being built of wood and meta: Msssssjaiyj'j' irl on the scale of one-half Inch to the foot. I Aviation Experts Praise the Workmanship of Carl F. Christensen. CART. F. CHRISTENSEN. Salt Like, constructed during the war while stationed at Paneacola, FTa.. as chief carpenter"? mate in the nava: aviation, what is aaid by critics to be a perfect working model of an H-1S-L type flying boat. The model Is an exact duplicate of the H-16-E being built of wood and metal on the scale of one-half Inch to the foot. Mr. Christensen spent seven months while in the service constructing the plane and has duplicated the original tn the smallest details, all wires and struts being placed in their evact position and ! even the curvature of the wines being th same in proportion as that of the larger pTane. Every part of the mode! was made by hand entailing some very intricate workmanship. work-manship. The most difficult part of the work, a-cordlng to Mr. Christensen. was ' the construction of the two motors, the' windshield la front of the pilot's seat, the machine gun mount on the observer's cockpit and pulley wheels for the contro; wires. . Tn malclrvg the motors, the crankcase. cylinders and exiiaust pipes were all made separate gmJ afterward aiemM-I The windshield and pulley wheels, which are three slsty-fourtl.s of an inch In diameter, di-ameter, were rruwle with ordinary tinsmith's tin-smith's tool!, said Mr ( 'hrlstsnsen. and more time nd care was necessary In their construction than on any other part of the mode". The control wires are taut as In the original, so that the ailerons and rudder are operated perfectly b- the control yoke In the pilot's seat. This feature is unique as this Is probably theon1y model seaplane ever constructed which operates from the pilot's sear, according to Lieutenant Lieu-tenant W. J. Walker, aviation aide at the fialt Lake navy recruiting office, who Inspected the plane esterlay. This tj"pe of plane was used extensively extensive-ly during the war by both the British and American air forces for patrol duty on the North Sea and off the coast of France, accordlns; to Lieutenant Walker. Ths original plane has a cruising radius of lf miles and Is similar In type to th r-5-L, which it Is plannt-d fo use ir. the proposed trans-Pa-lflr flight. The wing span of the original Is 142 feet and it Is powered b two 00-norepower Liberty Lib-erty motors. When on a war footing the plane carries car-ries an armament of ten Lewis machine guns and a crew of srx men. sblch Includes In-cludes one observer, two merhanlcians. a pilot and an assistant pilot, and a wireless wire-less operator. If has an altitude raoord o? 12,200 feet. whlh. acordtna to Mr. Walker, Is remarkable for so heavy a plane. Lieutenant Walker has arranged to hae the model placed on exhibition in a flrig store snow window as an aid to re- T-iiMng for the naval aviation branch during the drive which is now in prog- 'reu'!. |
