"SAFEST YET"
NEW ENGLISH BIPLANE. ' PASSES ALL DANGER TESTS. (Phess Association. —OorsaiOHi.) LONDON, May 21. After fifteen months' experiments the Royal Aircraft Factory- has produced, a biplano which is declared to bo tho safest yet constructed'. It is able to fly uncontrolled. Colonel Seely, ex-Secretory of State for War, states that its stability is entirely due to its shape. It has been submitted tp nil danger tests, and went through them in perfect safety. It is understood thai the Government will keep the design secret. The King. .when witnessing the exhibition flights, exclaimed*, "Why haven't you a- hundred of these?" SYDNEY, May 21. Guillaux has arranged to fly from Sydney to Melbourne, and over tho Blue Mountains. FLIGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.(Received -May 22, 10.5 a.m.) , LONDON, May 21. Hamcl, who is to fly across the Atlantic, has decided to start from Belleislo, Ireland. Harold Forstcr. a Melbournian, and an officer of the Transport Company, accompanies ji:m as navigator.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 22 May 1914, Page 5
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158"SAFEST YET" Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 22 May 1914, Page 5
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