FLYING MOTOR-CAR
NO LONGER A DREAM
l (Own Correspondent—By Air Mail.) 4 LONDON, April 12. l The (hing. molur—czlr is no longer a i a. §cii'iitist‘s dream. A windmill plane Wlllk'll \\'ill be nhlo m lly in the air or ‘trinvl along Ihe mud like a car in being built. l ()utnzu‘illy (he {lying-car (lifl'ers vary 4 littln lrmn Ihu nmv lnmous Wingless ('iorrzi :unugim with its windmill-like ‘ rotor lllilllUS. Fur use on the roads, ‘ \\'ilh lho \\'lmlnnll Mmlvs Joli] hack. the i-nglnm (lrivvs u >lnnL lo lbs back ‘ \\ln'ul '1 l)l‘|\‘lll_L' his l)l:lll(‘ out of his town E gnl‘np', the nwnor nl' thv [hing motor- ! rnr mm nnn'l nlinn‘r lln- rumls at ‘2l) to l :m llllll“ un lmnr to the upon r-ountry, l Hm-u, unluhliny tho rotnr blades and :Ipplyllnc Hm Makes (0 the “'hePls_ the l])il()l hpnvils up (ho engine. which is l nnw linluwl to Ihr- rntnr hlados. Spim ‘ lung lnawr uml luster the rotors lift l the lnnclnno straight up into the air a iIISNUIC" or 3FI or 40 feet—a true heli(‘uptei' trike-01f The motor power is then transferred to two puKher propellers. which drive the plane through the air at 100 miles an hour, At his destination the pilot would land Jllst outside the town, fold his rotor hlnrlefl. and. engaging the gear which nvahps the- plane into .1 par driva ‘ info the vcmru of the town l 'Tlm first nl' those is now being built l in Hm nnlm’ of the American Bureau l 01 Air (‘nnnnol’ucu
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19884, 13 May 1936, Page 12
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254FLYING MOTOR-CAR Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19884, 13 May 1936, Page 12
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