AEROPLANING.
RISING WITHOUT STARTING RAILS. ' , (dy TBtpqiiAMj—ntESs association—.cory.niGHT.) j •'■"■■.' ..'.'' London, April 27. i Mr.'Wilbur'Wright, who has been making experiments with his airship at Pau, in tho south'of Prance, is dcmons.tirating tho possibility of .dispensing with starting rails. Ho rained his aeroplane -200 feet from the bare, ground. . /ij ■Mr. Wright is oomjng -to England on Wednesday. . ■'■.-■•.'.■■..
[Ono of tho directions in which improvement js looked /or in aeroplanes is ,as ito tho moans of alißhting and starting, so the dispensing with (ho derrick or starting rails used by tho Wrights is an advance. The Wright derrick: was usod (to launch .tho .aeroplane. In the Farman aoroplano bicycle wheels are fitted, ,and the machinp takes a run along ground before it soars.J •.'.-,
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 494, 29 April 1909, Page 5
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121AEROPLANING. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 494, 29 April 1909, Page 5
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