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propeller, radiator, motor, under which is placed the oil-tank furnished with a radiator situated below the lower furface of the fuselage, vertical bomb-rack, pressure gas tanks, pilot's seat, observer's seat furnished with a machine gun for firing towards the rear, bottle of compressed air for starting the motor, and the empennage.

EMPENNAGE - The empennage comprises a fixed fin, a horizontal stabilizer, fixed, and a compensated rudder and elevator. All the structure of the empennage is of wood with the exception of the bearing axes, the hinges and the control levers.

MOTOR APPARATUS - The motor apparatus comprises:

1 aviation motor, Fiat A-14, 700 h.p., 1,650 r.p.m.

BOMB-RACK - The airplane is furnished with two bomb-racks, a vertical one in the fuselage with a capacity of three bombs, 280 mm., 25 kg. weight each; and a bomb-rack placed upon the lower wing for six "Batignolle" bombs, three on each side of the fuselage.

FIAT C.R. - The Fiat Company has recently laid out a new single-seater pursuit airplane around the 300 horsepower engine. This machine has the Warren truss type wing structure that is ordinarily characteristic of most Italian jobs. The fuselage construction

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