WHEN WE WEAR WINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 258, 29 October 1921, Page 17

WHEN WE WEAR WINGS.

Before long we are assured of man-' power flying machines that can be stored nway in our cupboards at home when not in use. | Recently a Frenchman named Gabriel; Poulain ilew along Longchamps race-, course on a self-propelled bicycle aeroplane. In England, however, even more! important experiments arc being made in the direction -of human flying. j A British inventor stated tile other dav that success will come cither with j what he termed "flappers" —which are nothing more or less than wings manipulated by the arms—or by helicopter I screws which will.be attached above the flier's shoulders and turned through aj seared shaft by cither the hands or feet, | much in the same way as v;e pedal aj bicvele. . " I These' curious machines have been tested at Rochester, in Kent, and at I Luton, and one'enthusiast claims to have lifted -himself a considerable dis-; tancc from the ground with the aid ot j arm wing?. , I An authority on aviation said, There • is no reason why a man should not be able to lly by human power until he gets . tired." I