ANOTHER BIRD-MAN
AUSTRALIAN'S EFFORTS f: ' BRISBANE. .Sept. 1& With a curious arrangement of ' wings and inflated tubes. Charles/' Ernest Archer, 24, hopes to fly, lrk.fi ;_. a bird. . ' , . . After four years of painstaking -. effort, Brisbane will shortly s.ecWie ~... first tests. . ' . - : The flving suit comprises--wings? each four feet long, shaped like a bird's, a "feil" of pleated fabric between the legs, and tubes inflated with lightcr-than-ai'r 'gas,.;' coiled,".''; around the ankles and legs. Archer hopes to "lake off "by running .along the ground or jumping into the air" .and relying on vying;. .motion to provide climb and forward. . *peed. ■ Once in the air he will imitate' the/wing and tail action of birds. ■ - Although no man has yet emulated a bird, 'the American, Clem JSahu,. soars and glides • with • WHig-soetibW from Iris arms ±o_Jus-aides.,..and between his legs, before opening his parachute, ... ...... [J, ■• A similar set is being completed in .Sydney for Plight-Lieutenant "Jimmy*' Recce, who conducts an.air circus. ' ' ••---
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19135, 2 October 1936, Page 3
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