AMPHIBIOUS 'PLANE.
ALIGHTS ON LAND OR WATER. LONDON, April 29. An amphibious flying machine made go to-day. ftlajor-General Sir Frederick Syli (Controller-General of Civil _ A viatic travelled to Paris on a. machine whi< journeying from Croydon aerodrome, land on the Thames at Westminster under minutes, and then started in a. rather stro: wind for Paris. It reached the French capital in 1 minutes and landed on the Seine, who it will undergo the tests already carri out -'n the Thames as .essential for an t postal service.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 322, 16 May 1921, Page 6
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87AMPHIBIOUS 'PLANE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 322, 16 May 1921, Page 6
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