Al 3 FLYING.
(By Electric 'J'ejegra jih —Cppy.'jghO ALTITUDE RECORD. LONDON, December 20. The correspondent of “Thp Times” at Paris reports that Roger has estabKshpd a. new, Hyp-passenger alfifpdp record. He reached a height of 19,(j2g feet. The previous record was 17,724 feet, established by Poujct, the French airmap.
“BABY” AEROPLANES. .LONDON, December SO, Baby apropjapes, contrasting with aerial liners, are the latest products of the inventive genius. A British pocket machine known as the “Austin Whippet,” is so small that a man can span its wings. It is 16 feet Tong, and has a spepd tp Ofj milps ap bpur. Ihp wings can be folded for transport .
Another machine culled the “British Crow” doubles into a parcel only 220 lb in weight. The tiniest craft at the Paris Aero Show is a French “Baby Nareay,” which ha s a span of 13 feet, and a 10 horse-power engine, developing a speed of 62 miles an hour. It lands at a speed of 20 miles. These' guats "fly alongside their big brothers, the Capronis and the Yimys, like impudent inseefs alongside jh<l birds.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1920, Page 2
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