READY TO FLY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 248, 10 March 1913, Page 3

READY TO FLY.

TWO MAC'UXF.S AAYAITINf! TRIAL . IX At'CKLAXD Auckland, March 5. Two experiments in aviation are iiboul I" be made ill Auckland —a monoplane and a hvdroplanc--owned ami constructed by different people, which are both reaiiy to essay the litiai test. The monoplane str.ids ready for her first 11]e']ll mi the Avondale racecourse, like some yiant bird with wind's outstretched. It waits ill a sheltered corner for the l,iM eilm morniii.ir, when at daybreak she c;MI be tested above piound. 11k nmehiiie ha- been imported from Ell - | iUl ,|. and 'w :> duplicate of that used by llaniniond. The engine is a l><)-sn-n.p. of eipht cvlimlers, and has been commonly n-'i-d in' other parts of the world. The machine has been put together by I'wo vouim engineers. Captain donasscn and Mr. Miller, both of whom have toured the world and seen a pood deal of the work en which they are now ciipaped. To-day Hie lirsl hydroplane to stretch its wines oil the AYailemata was launched t'roin ils cover on the waterfront, lis owner and builder is Air. Stevenson, a vo'ui" Auckland engineer The ranchine' is built, oil the lines of successful Eii'dish bvilrojilanes. The owner has | or ,u:inv weeks past been devoting lonp biuir- of patient work to the perfection of his model. This machine, unlike the monoplane, has been built entirely ill Auckland to the design of hydroplanes successfully used elsewhere. Finally dilbeiilt and far more dangerous is the work <if learning to fly. and Mr. Stevenson's trials will be carried out quietly until he has achieved that success which warrants publicity.