SCIENCE AND INVENTIONS.
BABY AEROPLANES. From time to time a photograph appeal's, depicting a new aeroplane of compact dimensions and equipped with a low-power engine. Such aeroplanes are generally hailed as "everybody's" aeroplane and the coming "flivvers" of the air. Yet an examination of these machines soon discloses the fact that they are of little practical value They are to small to be steady m flight too low-powered to fly under moderately adverse conditions, too flimsy to last long, and, taking it all m all, absolutely worthless for serious work of any kind. They should generally be treated as novelties, except m rare instances.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9430, 29 January 1921, Page 3
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104SCIENCE AND INVENTIONS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9430, 29 January 1921, Page 3
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