NEW 'PLANE
SECRET CONSTRUCTION MELBOURNE, May 10. A light single seater aeroplane, to be sold at £2oo'.' is almost, ready for tests at Pratt's aerodrome, Geelong. It has been designed and built by Percy Pratt. It is. a parasol monoplane, with a span of 25J.it.f and it stands 6ft. high. It is engined with twin A.B.C. scorpion engine;; developing between 30 and 40 h.p. The machine will fly between 30 and 40 miles, on one gallon of petrol. it was built in secret, and it has surprised those aviation experts who have seen it.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16958, 23 May 1929, Page 11
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94NEW 'PLANE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16958, 23 May 1929, Page 11
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