REMARKABLE TEST
FOR BRITISH ’PLANES
Si —-.U 4 i 1 . : „(/ % >, 1 - HOW AN ORDER WAS RECEIVED (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, 19th February, The “Daily Telegraph’s” aviation, cori (spondent reveals a Belgian order for British planes given after a remarkable test. Fairey, during negotiations, told the Blcgians that his single seater could plunge vertically earthward from an altitude of 20,000 feet at a rate of 380 miles an hour and then safely pull up out of the dive. This amazing test was successfully carried out and our foreign competitors refused a challenge to do likewise and the order was given to Britain.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 20 February 1931, Page 5
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104REMARKABLE TEST Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 20 February 1931, Page 5
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