BABY AEROPLANES
London, December 20. Baby aerojlanes, contrasting with aerial lines, are the latest products of the inventive genius. A British pcclcet machine, known as the "Austin Whippet," if so smalt that a man can spun its wings. It is If! feet long, and lias a speed of 90 miles an hour. The wings, can be folded fnr transport. Another machine called the "British Crow" doubles into a parcel, only 2201b. in weight. The tiniest craft at the Paris Aero Show is a French "Baby Narcay." which has a span of 13 feet, and a 10 horsepower engine, developing a speed of 02 miles nn hour. It lands at a sprod of 20 miles. These gnats fly alongside their big brothers, the Cnpronis and the Vimys,, like impudent insects alongsido birds.— Sydney "Sun."
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 81, 31 December 1919, Page 7
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133BABY AEROPLANES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 81, 31 December 1919, Page 7
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