Automatic Aeroplane.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 15 May 1914, Page 2

Automatic Aeroplane.

M. Morea,u, who through his experiments at Melun asserts that he has discovered the secret of automatic stability for aeroplanes, has just received £400 from an anonymous patriot, and great excitement has been created in aviation if nut in military circles by the invention. M. Moreau, before he took to aviation, was a printer's workman, and he spent all his savings in perfecting his invention. The novelty in his design, as far as can be judged from what has been made public, consists in a suspended cage that contains the seat of the pilot and room for passengers. It is described as a pendulum seat, and and the way it is attached under the frame at a certain point between the propeller and the horizontal rudders influeaces the centre of gravity which is maintained constantly at a fixed point by the movements ,of the pendulum seat.