“SUPER PARASOL”
LATEST AVIATION DEVICE, MACHINE FOR £2OO. PARACHUTE SUSPENSION. . (Times Cable.) (Received 10.14 a.m;) LONDON, June 10. The New York correspondent of the "Times’ ’ states that an aeroplane for 975 dollars (about £200) is the latest mail order bargain announced by the Sears Roebuck Company, a big Chicago department store. It is known as the "Super Parasol" aeroplane, also the "Flivver pf the Air," and is claimed to be foolproof.
It can he bought either over the counter and completely assembled, tuned up, with petrol in the tank, ready to start, or delivered to mail order- buyers in prepared parts, with blueprints and instructions for assembling.
It. weighs ,2001'bs empty and has a wing-span of 25 feet. The maximum speed is 70 miles an hour. Experiments arc being made with a. parachute, which in case, of accident could be extended over the wings, engine and fuselage, allowing the aeroplane to glide down and settle gently.
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Northern Advocate, 11 June 1929, Page 5
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