"SAFETY" AEROPLANES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 39, 9 November 1918, Page 8

"SAFETY" AEROPLANES

20 MILES WITH ENGINE OFF. Thero are people who still think that if the engine of an aeroplane stops or some other misluvp occiwe the machine must drop liko a stnno to the earth. This is an erroneous impression (enye the "Daily Mail"). i ■. ' Even before the wir the British Gov. eminent was building .'.eroplanes which were "stable." ns it is called. The machine was so balanced and the wings were so arranged that if tho -nfino etopped when high in tho air the machine natur--ally assumed a, gliding position and gradually and easily glided to earth. Tlie following test shows how s-table aeroplanes wore. A pilot olimbed to a sumcient height and then stopped the engine mid took his hands off the controls, merely keeping his feet, on the rudder bar. ite steered for nn aerodrome M miles away, and except for keeping her straight he let the aeroplane do what fJie liKo<t. She travelled the whole 20 miles as steadily as a bicycle coasting down a long, straight, and gentle hill. Of course the pilot had to lake hold of the control stick to laud the machine in the aerodrome, but except for that and the steering tho anroplano made the whole journey by herself. If a pilot peto ««»*»■ cJties when "stunting" with a stab 0 sM-'s'—SHE ?S the 6ea, mining, tho railwaye, and such like. »

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