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Scottish Aeroplane Syndicate Avis - 1910

The first Avis Monoplane was designed by W.O. Manning and built by Howard T. Wright for the Scottish Aeroplane Syndicate in december 1909.
In appearance the Avis closely resembled many other single-seat monoplanes of the period but the type could be distinguished by its universally-mounted Demoiselle-style tail unit. This first design was powered by a 30 Hp. Anzani engine.
The fuselage, made of ash, was of conventional wire-braced box-girder construction. The aircraft was controlled by warping the parallel-chord wings from foot pedals, and by the cruciform tail from a control column pivoted at its lower end, the elevator being operated by fore and aft movement of the column and the rudder by turning the wheel attached at the column's upper end.
Finished its construction and delivered to Brooklands for trials, these did not prove entirely satisfactory and the aircraft was brought back to Battersea to be re-engined with a 35 hp Anzani and replace the tail unit with one of decreased area.
At the 1910 Wolverhampton aviation meeting, the aircraft won the first prize for endurance in the monoplane class with a time in the air of 7 min 53 sec.
A new version of the monoplane fitted with a J.A.P. 40 Hp. engine was presented at the 1910 Olympia Aero Show, and examples of this model participated in several aeronautical events obtaining good results.

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