WINGLESS AEROPLANES
NEW FRENCH MACHINE. London, November 8. The Paris coriespondent of the "Daily Mail" states that the French Government has bought the patents of a wingless twin-engined flying machine. The designers. Professor Lecoin and an engineer named Danbianc, claim that the machine solves the difficulties of vertical astension. slow flight, and motionlcssness in the air. It is provided' with twin fonr-bladnd propellers, the blades of which are built of material resembling that' of the wings of an ordinary aeroplane, but much stronger.. Each blade i 6 eapablo of having its angle changed, and this regulates the evolutions and speed of the machine. If the engines fail, the manipulation of the propeller will enablo it to "volplane" to the earth—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 41, 12 November 1919, Page 7
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122WINGLESS AEROPLANES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 41, 12 November 1919, Page 7
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