LIGHT AEROPLANE CONTEST
PARIS, 16th July. Eight started in the "motor-glider" Grand Prix, for a prize of 100,000 francs. Coupet was the only competitor to finish ; he covered 200 miles at an average speed of 51 miles an-hour. Barbot withdrew owing to engine trouble.
. "Motor-glider" is the inaccurate term applied to the new class of aeroplane fitted with very small engines. The term glider is properly applied to machines which have no engines.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 14, 17 July 1923, Page 7
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73LIGHT AEROPLANE CONTEST Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 14, 17 July 1923, Page 7
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