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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19853, 14 February 1930, Page 19

Dropped from Aeroplane FIFTY TON TO THE SQUARE FOOT PRESSURE AND NO BURST The Most Unusual Experiment Ever Conceived The attraction of 4000 people to. one spot for a play that was exclusively Goodrich, and an additional 5000 letters from interested persons, was the attention drawn to the now famous Goodrich Pressure Test: A test which proved something that had never been definitely known before—the power and strength of a fully inflated De Luxe Goodrich tire and tube under the most extraordinary conditions. A Goodrich De Luxe, mounted upon a wire wheel, was taken up in an aeroplane and dropped from a height of 2000 feet. As far as is known no inflated tire has ever been subject to such a. test. Nobody knew whether the tire would blow up when it landed, or whether it * would collapse utterly. A guessing contest was organised, and a valuable prize was given for the nearest correct guess of the pressure poundage at which the tire struck the ground after its 2000 ft drop. A roped space was cleared at the airport, and the Goodrich De Luxe, inflated at 40 pounds pressure, was fastened along the fuselage of the aeroplane. At 2000 ft it was released and was seen from the ground as a tiny speck dropping into space. The speck dropped at furious speed, estimated at 240 miles an hour. It struck the ground in an upright position and bounded 30 feet into the air. Everybody rushed to the spot and evidences of the terrific impact were found, but the tire stood up, although the rim of the wheel was smashed flat for about an inch. The tire was as good and solid as before the experiment, and the application of a gauge revealed the same 40 pounds of air pressure. Going Up Such a gruelling test could not be even dared with an ordinary make of tire, PROOF POSITIVE THAT THE GOODRICH DE LUXE STANDS SUPREME AND IN A CLASS QUITE BY ITSELF Consolidating the Prestige of the Goodrich De Luxe Silvertown. mm £ mm "A hupp Iw&rnmm™ SliiPlll 111#! isiiiii IMS! ipiifili! -:P'&sh mm lii On Its way down mm i %zss> m v to After the fall: O.K. Goodrich Silvertowns a BEST IN THE LONG RUN" N.Z. Distributors: E. W. PIDGEON& COY. LTD. 224-226 Tuam Street, Christchurch.