LATEST "FOOL-PROOF"^ 'PLANE TESTED FOR COMMERCE DEPARTMENT.—The Hammond model "Y" aeroplane designed r, v aU j \ Hammond Aircraft Company, Ypsilanli, Michigan, ihe latest departure in the "fool-proof" *plane field, f 5 T\? S 'j U " Cr '*7 / e V es °f Commerce Department technicians. Fifteen ships of this type have been ordered by the Department es 'S ner c aims t at the plane can be fiorvn easily by anyone mho can drive an automobile. It can be landed safely from uZ ;tZt n8 7 em - ° f TU leVe ?' dTOp T ? as Sofil * as a pvhute. The take-off is just as simple, ground stability keeping the ship trndlms straight ant,l ,t takes the a„. rhe p.cture at the top shows Ihe nevcomc, lo the shies in action. Me ihc close-up vieto at the bottom brings out lis radical difference* from coavenOanaL aeroplaa^^iaagn.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 223, 20 September 1935, Page 10
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142LATEST "FOOL-PROOF"^'PLANE TESTED FOR COMMERCE DEPARTMENT.—The Hammond model "Y" aeroplane designed r, v aU j \ Hammond Aircraft Company, Ypsilanli, Michigan, ihe latest departure in the "fool-proof" *plane field, f 5 T\? S'jU" Cr '*7 / eVes °f Commerce Department technicians. Fifteen ships of this type have been ordered by the Department es'Sner c aims t at the plane can be fiorvn easily by anyone mho can drive an automobile. It can be landed safely from uZ ;tZtn87em- °f TU leVe?' dTOpT? as Sofil* as a pvhute. The take-off is just as simple, ground stability keeping the ship trndlms straight ant,l ,t takes the a„. rhe p.cture at the top shows Ihe nevcomc, lo the shies in action. Me ihc close-up vieto at the bottom brings out lis radical difference* from coavenOanaL aeroplaa^^iaagn. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 223, 20 September 1935, Page 10
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