MODEL AEROPLANE FLIGHT
What is claimed to be a Dominion record, a Sight of 14£ minutes, was made at Harrisvillo by a model aeroplane built bv Mr. R. Mahoney, of Pukekohe East. The model, which is fitted with a 1-5 horse-powor petrol motor, took off from a paddock and, after circling round as might a, real aeroplano, it headed in the direction of Bombay. During the flight, tho aeroplane readied an altitude of approximately 2000 ft., and covered a distance 6f about sir miles,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19364, 30 June 1937, Page 15
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84MODEL AEROPLANE FLIGHT Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19364, 30 June 1937, Page 15
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