So many long-<listanco overhead wires are being used to supply electric power thai their supervision is becoming very diiDcult. These lines otr«ii amount to hunureds of miles in length, and are always subject to damage by fierce gales or thunderstorms. A new light aeroplane has been built in Germany for inspecting these lines from the air. It has been so built that the observer can look directly below him, and in four hours inspect 250 miles- of hightension overhead wires.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18420, 29 June 1925, Page 10
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80Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18420, 29 June 1925, Page 10
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