FIREPROOF AEROPLANE.
A BELGIAN INVENTION. Received September 27, 11.50 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 26. Major A r an Rolleghem, the wellknown and highly decorated Belgian aviator, is coming to England to demonstrate a fireproof aeroplane. Tlie major states: “I will get into the model cockpit, close myself in, light tire petrol supply until the heat is 1200 degrees and sit in this furnace unroasted for 20 or 30 minutes until the fire is out, when I will open the cockpit. It will be undamaged and I will not even be warm.” Experts who have seen the successful demonstrations at Brussels believe that the invention may remove the danger of fire in the air.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 257, 27 September 1933, Page 2
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112FIREPROOF AEROPLANE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 257, 27 September 1933, Page 2
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