A MOTORLESS AEROPLANE.
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT MAIDE,
For a long time a prize of 10,000 francs has been offered m Franc© to the first aviator who, on an aeroplane without a motor, succeeded m leaving the ground for ( a flight of 10yds. Hitherto the experiments had come to nothing, but now the champion, Gabriel Poulain, after several triafe, has reached a distance of over 12yds, at a height of 4ft. He has thus won the prize, equal to about £400. Poulain's machine is an ordinary safety bicycle with twp planes. The under-plane, which carries the bicycle, has a surface of 15yds square. When the pilot gets up a sufficient speed he unfastens the chain of the bicycle, and the top\ wing bends down behind. Poulain succeeded many times m raising up the machine without a motor.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLII, Issue 9372, 29 October 1921, Page 3
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135A MOTORLESS AEROPLANE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLII, Issue 9372, 29 October 1921, Page 3
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