FOOL-PROOF PLANE
CAN SAFELY LAND ITSELF
WON’T DO STUNTS.
- NEW -YORK. Fob. 13. An aeroplane which will do almost nnv'thing hut crash or tricks was demonstrated to-day' at the Curtiss airport. , . . It, neither dives, stalls, nor spins, and will automatically laud itselfSix times, the pilot ascended KXIO feet, pointed the plane’s nose to the ground, shut off power and glided saMy to a standstill. It refused to do loops or other aerobatics, but appears to he foolproof for normal flying. Anv motor ear driver, say the makers, should he able to fly it with perfect safety.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11453, 2 March 1931, Page 3
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