AERIAL CRAFT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 31 December 1912, Page 4

AERIAL CRAFT.

Countries with most knowledge of war and preparations for it apparently accept it as a fact that aerial craft will play a very important part in the lighting of the future. Special interest, therefore (says a Sydney exchange) attaches to the invention of a Melbourne architect, Mr G. B. W. Austin. It is claimed that thug gentleman has, after experiments extending over four years, successfully devised a self-balancing aeroplane, in which defects in existing aeroplanes have been overcome. We are assured that novel and ingenious features enable Mr Austin's /machine to fly in all weathers without the possibility of capsizing. At the same time it ensureg perfect comfort and safety in the landing of passengers, and is a revelation in the method of steering. All controls are duplicated. There are two engines and two propellors.' The oar is so hung as to swing, always retraining with a level platform, and it governs cables that control the balancers. This gives a I<"'W centre of gravity, and tihe macJune, when descending, acts on the parachute principle. As the weight <A the engines and passengers i« placed on tlie car, no variable gusts of. wind can ponsibly overturn the machine. it.is said: For military purposes the car will, it is claimed, give not inly an uninterrupted' view, but also a steady platform for machine gun?:. Patents liavc been taken out ,in the principal countries of the world.