ON ITS BACK.
NOVEL METHOD OF TAKING-OPF
ATLANTIC AIR MAIL SEAPLANE.
A novel composite seaplane is being built for the trans-Atlantic service, the aeronautical correspondent of The,Tinies ■states.". • '.• ■* •'■'".•
It consists of a big flying-bpat with a .high-speed seaplane attached to the upper wing so as to use the combined power for .taking off and climbing until the height a;nd speed are sufficient to allow the mail plane to fly independently. The pilot will then release a- patent lock and the mail plane will continue on its way, while the "porter plane" will return to its base.
f- The device ■is designed to overcome the difficulty of a heavily-loaded seaplane taking off tfrom the sea. . It -will undergo tests at an early date.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 December 1934, Page 3
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