A NEW NOTE IN AIRPLANES.—This parasol plane, the invention of Mr. R. H. Van Wie, of San Francisco, is fitted with two nose propellers which rotate in opposite directions. The entire top is shaped like a parasol and it is hoped to make the plane a practic able proposition by the use of modern equipment. The inventor has spent 10 years working out his scheme.
BRITISH JOB FOR AMERlCA.—Lifting a locomotive bodily with one huge crane at the works of Armstrong, Whit worth and Co., Ltd., at Scotwood-on-Tyne, preparatory to placing it on a lighter for transhipment to South America.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6809, 12 January 1929, Page 13
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100A NEW NOTE IN AIRPLANES.—This parasol plane, the invention of Mr. R. H. Van Wie, of San Francisco, is fitted with two nose propellers which rotate in opposite directions. The entire top is shaped like a parasol and it is hoped to make the plane a practic able proposition by the use of modern equipment. The inventor has spent 10 years working out his scheme. BRITISH JOB FOR AMERlCA.—Lifting a locomotive bodily with one huge crane at the works of Armstrong, Whit worth and Co., Ltd., at Scotwood-on- Tyne, preparatory to placing it on a lighter for transhipment to South America. Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6809, 12 January 1929, Page 13
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