A NOVEL PLANE
America's Latesf Aerial Development PHILADELPBXA, July 30. A successful demonstration was held before Governmental air experts of the so-called vertaplane which flew conventionally but was also able to' convert one wing in midair into a rotator enabling the machine to land like a gyro. Combining the advantages of both types it weighs 1700 pounds. At present it does not carry a payload and this remains one of the greatest problems in lts development.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBHETR19370802.2.14
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 167, 2 August 1937, Page 3
Word Count
76A NOVEL PLANE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 167, 2 August 1937, Page 3
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in