BRITAIN'S FIRST COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT: TOP COMPONENT UNDERGOES ITS TRIALS The upper component, or long-range seaplane, of the new Mayo composite aircraft, which is being constructed at Rochester, Kent, taking off on its first trial flight last month. This machine is to be attachej to a larger flying-boat, which will take it aloft- and release it in mid-aij. The invention is designed to overcome the difficulty of launching a heavily-laden seaplane.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22864, 20 October 1937, Page 12
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70BRITAIN'S FIRST COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT: TOP COMPONENT UNDERGOES ITS TRIALS The upper component, or long-range seaplane, of the new Mayo composite aircraft, which is being constructed at Rochester, Kent, taking off on its first trial flight last month. This machine is to be attachej to a larger flying-boat, which will take it aloft- and release it in mid-aij. The invention is designed to overcome the difficulty of launching a heavily-laden seaplane. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22864, 20 October 1937, Page 12
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