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TESTS ON NEW FRENCH PLANE. Besides the German aeroplane ro fly at a height, of 50,000 feet,, described bv Captain Hans Bertram at a Sydney function, tests are being made in France with .a Farm an machine aleo designed tj travel at ail altitude of ten milefe. For this machine a theoretical speed of 500 miles an lioui is claimed. Built enti.cy of du.alinum the French machine is a high-winged monoplane, with ill lie ii broudei wjngS than usual .and a' four-bladed propeller which can be .adjurteJ at different angles t« give greater grip on th reflect air. Tlie 400 horse-pcu'ver vngme' contained in ari air-tight cabin and a special compressor brings air into the pilot’s cabin,' which is hermetically closed at 9000 feet. The cabin design i s along ‘the lines adopted for submarines. Special devices 1 maintain regular pressure and temperature for od, air and water, while the fuel is made to pass directly from solid to gamous state.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 November 1932, Page 6
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