NEW PLANE
FLOATS,.RUNS AND FLIES
POTENTIAL VALUE IN WAR LONDON, Sept. 14. Great Britain has produced a iiincliint that Hies through the air, Hunts on watei and runs on land—a perfect three-element airplane. i ins most remarkable craft has hud its first trial Uight and was pronounced aij oatstanding success. \ The machine is a Moth built by lie Haviland Co. Its novel amphibious goal was constructed at Rochester by l.hn Short Brothers. i'lie maeliine is tiny and holds only two persons. It can manoeuvre on the ground on small, rubber tires, floats tin water on a special pontoon fitted below the hull, and off intu the air from either land or water. In test flighting the machine, the pilot took on" from the water and landed on the ground at Croydon ny simply lowering i.ho rubber wiieels below the hull. From Croydon he again took oil' and alighted on the water. Military experts point out that such a. machine will have great value in overseas lighting, as it enables the pilot to take oif and land on either land or water without lirst tampering with his landing gear.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17094, 29 October 1929, Page 12
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188NEW PLANE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17094, 29 October 1929, Page 12
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