NEW PLANE DESIGNED
Press Association —Copyright. London, April 5. The time v.-lien private aeroplanes will be as common ns motor cars is iorethadowed by tho production of -a twin-engined highi-wing monoplane named Baynes Bee, designed by Mr L. E. Baynes. The Times says that the machine offers comportt seldom, found in a light aeroplane. It is pushed instead of pulled by two propellers driven by engines enclosed in the wings. One of the most novel features is that (the v-'ings do not fold’; instead, the whole wing pivots on a- turntable and lies along the fuselage, reducing the dimensions fo- housing Ito a width of 9ft and a length of 29ft lOin. compared with the flying dimensions of 23ilt and 30ft respectively. The cruising speed is 100 miles an hour.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 400, 6 April 1937, Page 5
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130NEW PLANE DESIGNED Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 400, 6 April 1937, Page 5
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