AERONAUTICS IN BRITAIN.
WAR OFFICE WAKING UP. LONDON', August 30. Widespread criticism of the War Office authorities' lack of progressivenesß in aeronautics has resulted in a sudden manifestation of energy that may produce some important innovations in the matter of aerial warfare. The Naval Advisory Committee has set about having constructed a model aerial torpedo. The aeroplane carrying this engine of destruction will be driven by the propeller of the torpedo, thus effecting a great economy in weight. When the torpedo is released the aeroplane will require only a low velocity, which will be supplied by a supplementary engine, possibly a compressed-air turbine. It is expected that the first machine will be ready within a year.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 210, 4 September 1911, Page 9
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116AERONAUTICS IN BRITAIN. Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 210, 4 September 1911, Page 9
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