’Plane Dives Earthward Like a Great Meteor
THEN SAFELY PULLS UP Received Thursday, 7.0 p.m. LONDON, Feb. 19. The Daily Telegraph's aviation correspondent reveals that the Belgian order for British military pianos was given after a remarkable test. Mr. Fairey, during negotiations, told the Belgians that his single-seater could pinnge vertically earthward from an altitude of 20,000 feet at the rate of 380 miles an hour and then safely pull up out of the dive, ( This amazing test successfully carried out. Our foreign competitors refused a challenge to do likewise, and the order was given to Britain.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 February 1931, Page 7
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