Show I New ew Type of Biplane a i itt e I tt I i 4 wrt X r c LONDON March 11 Speculation has been rife ito for a long time regarding the possibilities of ot the aeroplane which Sir Hiram Maxim dm has built built and which he solve hopes s f the and problem believes i b will of flight really y practically Now that t Interest has been Int intensified in aeronautic tic circles by Sir Hiram's own announcement announcement announcement announce announce- ment that the machine is ready for testIng testIng test- test Ing log so soon as weather permits There has been a conflict of statements as to whether the machine is a biplane or a monoplane Sir Hiram now states that it is a biplane and that between the extreme re points of tl the e planes or from port t to starboard It is four forty og feet t. t The engine which is to drive the aeroplane aeroplane aero aero- plane says Sir Hiram j is s a four-cylinder four horsepower 80 one With circulating pump oil pump magneto and it weighs pounds or a little more than two an and one half pounds per horsepower horse horse- power Experts will appreciate from these figures how light it is and Sir Hiram is confident that he has not yet reached leached the minimum in this respect All the work on the aeroplane with the exception of the engine which was made at has been done at the works of Vickers Sons Maxim near Dartford Kent and the machine will remain there till the trials to which Sir Hiram Maxim will submit it It O on an adjoining track when he has specially constructed are completed It is safely housed Jn a spacious c shed e yards I long tf and a challenge al e awaits I any stranger r who seeks to set eyes on it by day or night |