AEROPLANE DEVICE.
PREVENTION OF STALLING. YOUNG AUCKLANDER’S INVENTION. (Special to Dail? Times.) AUCKLAND,. June 17. A device which, it is claimed, will prevent an aeroplane from stalling has recently been perfected by a young Auckland. inventor, Mr C. Hughes, of Parnell. The actual principle of the attachment, which can be adapted to suit any type of aeroplaiie, is still a closelyguarded secret, as the inventor has not yet completed negotiations for the patent rights in. certain countries. The device is dependent upon wind resistance for. its operation, arid is fitted to the wing of the machine. Mr Hughes has been working on the invention for the last three years, and has finally completed a model which, he claims, gives satisfactory results! He has not yet made a full-sized model of his injention, but lias sekt details to two leading .aircraft manufacturers, one in England and the other in America. Both have shown considerable interest in the invention. If . the present negotiations are successful the device. will be made, fitted, and tested by an English concern. • ■ l 4P ar . fc f , rom eliminating the ' stall, which _is the principal function of the invention, it will also enable aeroplanes to take off and land in about half the distance they now require.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21055, 18 June 1930, Page 7
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210AEROPLANE DEVICE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 21055, 18 June 1930, Page 7
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