"FLYING FLEAS" BANNED
PROVISIONAL ORDER IN | FRANCE j 1 MODIFIED DESIGNS TO BE j TRIED j (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.) | (Received June 16, 5.5 p.m.) j PARIS, June 15. | The Air Ministry has provisionally I banned “flying fleas,” pending sys- j tematic trials with a view to modi- ■ fications to prevent accidents. ! i * TESTS IN BRITAIN AIR MINISTRY’S DECISION (Received June 17, 1 a.m.) LONDON, June 16. The Air Ministry has decided to test various types of “flying fleas.” [The “flying flea,” an ultra-light aeroplane of unorthodox design, is the invention of a Frenchman, M. H. Mignet. The control and use of the machine in New Zealand have been discussed in the editorial and correspondence columns of “The Press” in the last few days.]
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21811, 17 June 1936, Page 11
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