NEW AEROPLANE ENGINE
GARNET HOLMES, INVENTOR.
Auckland, March 5. Garnet Holmes,. a young New Zealand inventor, now in Auckland, is proceeding abroad shortly, at the requestof one of the world's largest aeroplane manufacturing concerns, to place off "the market a new type of aeroplane engine. It is* considered that an aeroplane fitted with the engine would be able to fly from London to New York in 24 hours, consuming only about 150 gallons of petrol, whereas-.the present' engines-require 600 gallons. Mr Holmes has had ten years' experience in England, and commenced as a motor car designer and engineer.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OTMAIL19190307.2.18
Bibliographic details
Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 7 March 1919, Page 3
Word Count
98NEW AEROPLANE ENGINE Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 7 March 1919, Page 3
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Otaki Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 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