FLYING CONTROL

Grey River Argus, 17 April 1925, Page 5

FLYING CONTROL

BIG IMPROVEMENTS. WoNDERFI I. CHANC.ES. I‘er Press Association). ( V .-.1 April Hi at 7.15 p.m. i LONDON. April 15. Tim “.Morning Tost’s” acronauliial «■<>ri i spati<l<‘ii 1. ilescribing rciiiiirictilile aeroplane tests imide at Croydon, says: “Experienced airmen were amazed to see Flight-Lieu!. Billman take off, then pull up. and nose oil his machine until the machine was almost vertical. For some moments, the aeroplane seemed to be hanging in the skv. lint it went, on without, the least Londoner to become uncontrollable. Later, M. Fokker. the well-known Dutch designer, performed similar feats of steep-angle flying until, in a 35-mile wind, his monoplane was motionless. Relative ground flights were given to demonstrate how the control of aeroplanes flying at very low speeds has improved. AL Fokker appears to have achieved his end by a e:.refill refinement of normal controls. The British machine achieved results by a Handley Bago allotted control in the edge of the wing, which opens when a corresponding apparatus is depressed. Brancker state that the experiments mark a great adxanec. Other experts are of the opinion that the improvements will eliminate fifty per cent, ot the accidents.