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THE SIDDELEY COMPANY

The Siddeley Company of which Major F. M. Green is Chief Engineer has designed and built the following interesting airplane equipment: First, the Siddeley Siskin single-seater fighter; Second, the Siddeley Jaguar, 14 cylinder, 350 h.p., radial, air-cooled engine; Third: the Siddeley Lynx, 7-cylinder, 175 h.p., radial, air-cooled engine. The manufacturers' descriptions of these two engines and the Siddeley Siskin follow:

SISKIN AEROPLANE
TYPE - SINGLE SEATER FIGHTER
DESIGNED and CONSTRUCTED by SIR W. G. ARMSTRONG.
WHITWORTH AIRCRAFT, LTD.
ENGINED BY ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY MOTORS, LTD.

1. GENERAL

The Siskin is a type of single seater fighting aeroplane originally designed for and supplied to the British Government. It has since been modified and improved as the result of service experience so that is [[it]] now represents the most advanced design of


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