TRIAL FLIGHTS
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' '"V ' , i New - Machipe nfor Atlantic . Seryice : . COMPbsiTE AIRCRAFT
• ... " iug.-ao. Tbe Sbort-Mayo composite aircraft, . wbicb it is proposed to employ in experiinental ffans- Atlantic fligbts in the near future, i# undergoing trial fligbts at Eocbester, successful tests of . tbe lower component four motored . flyingboat baving already been made. The upper component, Mercury, .a , four-engined float seaplane, will now be tested in individual flights. After f rirtber trials of tbe two componen ts separ- , ately, Mercury will be attacbed:to tbo wing of tbe flying-boat, and they will.. ascend together aS a composite aircraft. When tbe composite bas climbed to a suitable beigbt, tbe locking mechanisrry seeuring tbe two components will be re- r 'leased,. arid tbe seaplane will rise clear . of tbe flving-boat and proceed indeperi-j dently. • It is boped by tbis metbod of mid-air launcbing tbat mail loads will be carried ltmgCr distances noU-stop and at greater apeed§ tbari by sufface launcbing. Carrying lOOOlbs. of mails Mercury rwill Cfnise at a sp'eed oi 160 to 170 miles an bouf.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 189, 27 August 1937, Page 7
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174TRIAL FLIGHTS Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 189, 27 August 1937, Page 7
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