MOTORLESS AEROPLANES.
• GLIDERS GREAT SUCCESS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, August 21. Mr. Handley Page has a representative watching the motorless ae? oplane tests at Washerkuppe Hill, 3000 feet high, near Fulda, where Hentzen flew for 2 hrs. 10 sec. Mr. Page, interviewed, said the object of the motorless planes is to discover the secret of bird flight. Washerkuppe Hill is treeless, and when the wind blows against it there is a strong upward current making soaring possible. After the machine is thrown into the air by the elastic catapult, it rises against the wind like a bird. As the Peace Treaty restricts Germans in the construction of other aircraft they have turned their attention to these gliders with great success. The gliders fly so slowly it is possible for a pedestrian to keep up with the machine and converse with the pilot. Washington, August 22. Glenn H. Curtis announced that he has completed a motorless airplane, which, if the tests are successful, will be capable of rising from and alighting on the water. Berlin, August 21. Hentzen’s glider weighs 150 lb and has a wind surface of 200 square feet.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1922, Page 5
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190MOTORLESS AEROPLANES. Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1922, Page 5
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