SAFETY IN BLAZING ’PLANE
FIRE=RESISTING COCKPIT
BELGIAN INVENTOR’S CLAIM.
REFUGE WHILE PETROL BURNS
FLYER NOT EVEN WARMED (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) LONDON, Sept. 26. 1 Major van Rolleghem, a- well-known and highly decorated Belgian aviator, is coming to England to demonstrate a. fireproof aeroplane. He .states: “I get into a model cockpit, close myself in, light the petrol supply until the heat is 1200 degrees. I can sit in this furnace unroasted for 20 to 30 minutes until the fire is out and when I open the cockpit it will be undamaged. I do not even get warm.” Experts who have seen successful demonstrations at Brussels believe Major van Rolleghem’s invention may remove the danger of fire in the air.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 28 September 1933, Page 9
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