COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT
THE PICK-A-BACK PLANE MERCURY PILOTED BY NEW ZEALANDER Press Association —By Telegraph —Copyright LONDON, February 24. The New Zealander, Flying-officer Piper, piloted the smaller plane, tHe Mercury! Captain Parker, who piloted the Maia, said: “When we parted all 1 felt was a sudden lurch downwards. It was quite easy, and I am sure we will do it safely under any flying conditions. There is no danger of the machines fouling and there is a, minimum of stress in the departing of 5,0001 b, one plane straining upwards and the other downwards. At the moment of release they just leapt apart. , “ Flying-officer Piper has no control of his machine while it is locked, hut as soon as they part he finds .himself flying upwards, with the controls and everything set to perfection. Flying-officer Piper said it was a perfect take-off.
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Evening Star, Issue 22892, 25 February 1938, Page 9
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141COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT Evening Star, Issue 22892, 25 February 1938, Page 9
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