NEW DWARF AIRCRAFT.
WHIPPETS OF THE AIR. London, Dec 20. •'Baby" aeroplanes, contrasting with aerial liners, are the latest products of the inventive genius. A British "pocket" machine, known as the "Austin Whippet," is so small that a man can span its wings. It is Hi ft long, and has a speed of llfi miles an hour. The wim>j can be folded for transport. Another machine called the ''British Crow" doubles into u parcel, only 2201b in weight. The tiniest craft at the Paris Aero Show is a French "Baby Nareay," which has a span of 13ft, and a 10 horse-power engine, developing a speed of 02 miles an hour. It lands at a speed of 20 miles. These gnats 11 y alongside their big brothers, the Cap'ronis and the V r imysi lika impudent insects alongside birds, >•
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 January 1920, Page 8
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138NEW DWARF AIRCRAFT. Taranaki Daily News, 3 January 1920, Page 8
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