ICE ON PLANE WINGS
NEW DEVICE BEING TESTED. (Received April 23, 7.25 p.m.) LONDON, April 22. Seeking to eliminate the danger' of ice-formation on the wings of ’planes, Imperial Airways have fitted expertmental equipment, on a D.H. 86 ma, chine for tests. If the tests are sue. cessful, simitar equipment will be fitted to all Imperial Airways machines. The system embodies forcing a solu. lion of etherynglyeol through rubber tubes along the edges of the wings end struts, then through the vents to the surfaces likely to be affected byice. Imperial Airways are als 0 expert, irenting with a new paste which can Ibe applied to all surfaces including propellers, preventing wafer freezing by chemical action.
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Grey River Argus, 24 April 1937, Page 9
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116ICE ON PLANE WINGS Grey River Argus, 24 April 1937, Page 9
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