FLYING BOAT ALOFT
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT OVER HARBOUR CAPTAIN MAN AS PILOT Taking both the water and the air magnificently, the Dornier Libelle three-seater flying-boati the latest addition to Auckland's rapidly expanding air fleet, made | a short but most successful test over the Waitemata yesterday ! morning. 1 CONDITIONS were not suitable for j v a lengthy test, but the pilot, j Captain \V. Man, and Major G. A. C. j Cowper, who accompanied him, ex- I pressed as being well sat- j istied with the performance of the j ' machine. A notable feature oF-the flight was j . the absence of vibration so common | ,in the lighter land planes. This is ! j owing to the fact that the engine is j ! carried above the hull instead of di- ! rectly in front of the passenger. And 1 apart from the advantage of reducing j the vibration to a minimum, it gives j the passengers an unobstructed view j on all sides. The flying-boat has yet to undergo ; ■ the Government tests, and when these I are completed it will commence its passenger-carrying and general com- j mercial activities, immediately.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 823, 18 November 1929, Page 16
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185FLYING BOAT ALOFT Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 823, 18 November 1929, Page 16
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