AN AIR FLIVVER
FOR £2OO. (United Pr.esH Association - By Electric : Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this dav at 9. a.m.) LONDON, June 10. A New York correspondent states an aeroplane for 975 dollars, about £2OO, is the latest mail order bargain, an-.' noUnced by iSears Roebuck Coy, a big Chicago department store. It is known as a super parasol aeroplane and also the flivver of the air and is claimed to be fool proof. It can be bought either over the counter and completely assembled, tuned up, with petrol in the tank ready to start, or delivered to mail-order buyers in prepared parts with blue-prints and instructions for assembling. It weighs 260 pounds empty and has a wing span of 25 feet. 'l'he maximum speed is 70 miles hourly,Experiments are now being made with a parachute, which, in case of accident, could be extended over the wings, engine and fuselage, allowing the aeroplane to glide down and settle gently.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 June 1929, Page 4
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