LIGHT BIPLANE.
REDUCED IN PRICE. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Dec. 3. The Dc Havilland Aircraft Company hasjnade a cut of £IOO in the price of the popular Hornet Moth light cabin biplane, of which over 100 are already in daily use all over the world. At £775 the machine’s detail and finish is stated to be even superior to the 1936 model. In touring form and with fuel on board for more than 600 miles non-stop in calm air the Hornet Moth carries two persons and approximately 130 pounds of luggage at 18 miles to the gallon—a better fuel consumption rate than is reached by most medium or high-power automobiles. It lias a Gipsy Major 130 horse-power four-cylinder engine and cruises at about 105 miles an hour.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 7, 7 December 1936, Page 8
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127LIGHT BIPLANE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 7, 7 December 1936, Page 8
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