"SAFEST YET [CONSTRUCTED."
BRITISH ARMY BIPLANE
GOES SAFELY THROUGH ALL
DANGER TESTS
(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received May 21st, 10.10 n.ni.) LONDON, May 21. After fifteen months' experiments, the Royal Aircraft Factory has produced a biplane which is declared to bo tho safest yet constructed. It is able to fly uncontrolled. Colonel Soely, ex-Minister of War, states that its stability is entirely due to its shape. It was submitted to all danger tests but camo through them with perfect safety. It is understood that the Government will keep the design secret. Tho King, witnessing an exhibition of tho machine's flights, exclaimed: "Why haven't you a hundred of those?"
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14974, 22 May 1914, Page 7
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