“A PERFECT TAKE-OFF.”
MAYO COMPOSITE ’PLANE. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Feb. 23. In the Mayo composite aircraft official demonstration flight to-day, the New Zealander, Mr H. J. Piper, piloted the smaller ’plane, the Mercury, and Captain Parker piloted the Maia. The latter said: “When we parted'all I felt was a sudden lurch downward. It was quite easy. lam sure we could do it safely under any flying conditions. There is no danger of the machines fouling. There is a minimum stress in departing of 50001 b, one ’plane straining upward and the other downward at the moment of release. They just leap apart. Mr Piper has no control of his machine while it is locked, but as soon as we part he finds himself flying upward with the controls easy and everything set to perfection.” Mr Piper said it was a perfect takeoff.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 75, 25 February 1938, Page 9
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