PLANES COMMON AS CARS
A NEW DESIGN APPROVED UNUSUAL COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE (United Press Assn—Telegraph Copyright) (Received April 5, 11.25 p.m.) 4 LONDON, April 5. The time when private aeroplanes will be as common as motor-cars is foreshadowed by the production of a twin-engined high wing monoplane named the Baynes Bee designed by Mr L. E. Baynes. The Times says it offers comfort seldom found in a light aeroplane. It is pushed instead of pulled by two propellors driven by engines enclosed in the wings. One of the most novel features is that the wings do not fold. Instead the whole wing pivots on a turntable and lies along the fuselage, reducing the dimensions for housing to a width of nine feet compared with flying dimensions of 30 feet wideband 23 feet long respectively. The cruising speed is 100 miles an hour.
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Southland Times, Issue 23166, 6 April 1937, Page 7
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142PLANES COMMON AS CARS Southland Times, Issue 23166, 6 April 1937, Page 7
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