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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 940, 5 April 1930, Page 29

DROPPED from AEROPLANE FIFTY TON TO THE SQUARE FOOT PRESSURE AND NO BURST The Most Unusual Experiment Ever Conceived! Consolidating the Prestige of the Goodrich De Luxe Silvertown. lieh proved -the power : people to one spot for a play that v\ additional 5,000 letters from interestc i to the now famous Goodrich Pressure lething that had never been deliiiitt strength of a fully inflated De Luxe ; most extraordinary conditions. A Goodrich De Luxe, mounted upon a wire wheel, was taken up in an aeroplane and dropped from a height of 2000 feet. As far as is known no inflated tire has ever been subject to such a test. Nobody knew whether the tire would blow up when it landed, or whether it would collapse utterly. A guessing contest was organised, and a valuable prize was given for the nearest correct guess of the pressure poundage at which the tire struck the ground after its 2,000 ft. drop. A roped space was cleared at the airport, and the Goodrich De Luxe inflated at 40 pounds pressure, was fastened along the fuselage of the aeroplane. At 2,000 ft. it was released and was seen from the ground as a tiny speck dropping into space. The speck dropped at furious speed, estimated at 240 miles an hour It struck the ground in an upright position and bounded 30 feet into the air. Everybody rushed to the spot and evidences of the terrific impact were found, but the tire stood up, although the rim of the wheel was smashed flat for about an inch. The tire was as good and solid as before the experiment, and the application of a gauge revealed the same 40 pounds of air pressure Such a gruelling test could not be even dared with an ordinary make of tire, PROOF POSITIVE THAT THE GOODRICH DE LUXE STANDS SUPREME AND IN A CLASS QUITE BY ITSELF. Going up. mm m mm dp mm ■ m On its way down. ; : rN 6 I- •••• After the fall: O.K. GOODRICH SILVERTOWNS “BEST IN THE LONG RUN” NZ Distributors: E. W. PIDGEON & COY., LTD., Upper Queen Street (Next Town Hall) Auckland. Phone 44-724. P.O. Box 285. Waikato and King Country Distributors: W. M. HORTON, Goodrich Service Station, Hamilton.