NEW AEROPLANE.
ARRIVAL IN WELLINGTON. MACHINE OF I M SIAL DESIGN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON", this day. A Monocoupe monoplane arrived by the steamer Bloeinfontein from New Vork to the order of Mr. 0. Cottrell, of Lower Hutt. and is now being assembled at the owner's garage. The machine is of somewhat unusual design. As the name implies, it is of the coupe type, being closed in. and accommodates two persons side by side. It is fitted with dual control, and is powered with a rive-cylinder radial Velie engine of 80 b.p.. in which dual ignition is a feature. The wing span is 30ft 3in and the fuselage is 10ft 6in long.
The 'plane will probably be flown either from Gear Island, where there is a suitable landing place, or from private property in the Taita district. It is understood that the machine will be given its first flight when the services of a pilot have lieen secured and the regulations have lieen complied with.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 11, 14 January 1929, Page 8
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