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Dimensions of Monoplanes.

The makes, dimensions and equipment of the various monoplanes used at Belmont Park are as follows:

Bleriot—(Moissant, operator)—plane length 23 feet, extreme breadth 28 feet, surface area 160 square feet, 7-cylinder, 50 h. p. Gnome engine, Chauviere propeller, 7 feet 6 inches diameter, 1,200 r. p. m.

Bleriot—(Drexel, operator)—exactly the same as Moissant's machine.

Antoinette—(Harkness, operator)—plane length 42 feet,

Various Forms of Aeroplanes in Flight.
1—Curtis Biplane. 2—Santos-Dumont Monoplane. 3—Farman Biplane. 4—Bleriot Monoplane. 5—Wright Biplane. 6—Antoinette Monoplane.

[Description: Six black and white photographs of various aeroplanes in flight.]

Various New Types of Monoplanes.
1—Andineau. 2—Sylphe. 3—Koechlin. 4—Nieuport. 5—Liard. 6—Vinet.

[Description: Six black and white illustrations of various monoplanes.]

extreme breadth 46 feet, surface area 377 square feet, Emerson 6-cylinder, 50 h. p. motor, Antoinette propeller, 7 feet 6 inches diameter, 1,200 r. p. m.

Curtiss—(Glenn H. Curtiss, operator)—plane length 25 feet, extreme breadth 26 feet, surface area 130 square feet, Curtiss 8-cylinder, 60 h. p. motor, Paragon propeller, 7 feet in diameter, 1,200 r. p. m.

With one exception Curtiss had the smallest machine of any of those entering into competition. The smallest was La Demoiselle, made by Santos-Dumont, the proportions of which were: plane length 20 feet, extreme breadth 18 feet, surface area 100 square feet, Clement-Bayard 2-cylinder, 30 h. p. motor, Chauviere propeller, 6 feet 6 inches in diameter, 1,100 r. p. m.