Among the Aircraft
THE SAFEST SHIP MADE. THE PRODUCT OF BRITAIN'S ROV'AL FACTORY.
By Cable—Press Association—Oopyrigh ' Received 21, 10.10 p.m. London, May 21.
After fifteen months' experiments, the Royal aircraft factory has produced a biplane that is declared to be the safest yet constructed, being able to fly uncontrolled. Colonel Seeley states that its stability is entirely due to its shape. It has been submitted to all danger tests with perfect safety. It is understood that the Government will keep the design a 6ecret.
The King, after witnessing an exhibition of the flights, exclaimed, "Why haven't you a hundred of these?"
TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT. London, May 20. The Pall Mall Gazette states that Hainel is preparing for a non-stop fly across the Atlantic at the end of July, Utilising a specially adapted Marbinsydc •onopkno of 200-horse power, maintaining a speed of 80 miles an hour.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 3, 22 May 1914, Page 5
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144Among the Aircraft Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 3, 22 May 1914, Page 5
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