MONOPLANE AT LYALL BAY.
V INTERESTING WOKK, Mr, A. W. Schaef, who has concerned himwlf with tho mefchanios of fight dtir< ing the post two oi - three years, and who exhibited • ahionoplano of his own construction Arith an imported , Fierioi ~.. in tho' Colonial Motor Co.'s garage «u ; months: ago, tried hid hand at 9oiM "hunning oxeroisos" along tho beach at Lyall Bay on .Saturday morning. Tho , engine, an "Anrgafii Y." Worked vofy well, and flight would have boon cosily possiblo with a drilled pilot, but Mr., : v. Schaef wisely tleddttl to learn to Of awl before walking, and limited his attempts to, several sprints fclongo tho beach (now and again (lashing It few yards into tho wabor),'ftnd throo Short flights of about twenty yards. The menopla.no appears • : i to bo a stiffly built, and grnocful craft.. which looks quite competent to sail upon tho bosom of tho air."
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1640, 6 January 1913, Page 4
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148MONOPLANE AT LYALL BAY. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1640, 6 January 1913, Page 4
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