MAILS IN THE AIR.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 65, 14 October 1930, Page 5

MAILS IN THE AIR.

A new device permitting the discharge as well as the taking up of mail by an aeroplane in flight has been constructed by a German pilot, and is now under test. Tt consists of two mast s which hold two beams in' the shape of a horizontal letter "V" On the tip of the "V" lies a email horizontal diFj with 3 slot leading to a hJle in f ho eentve. To ib s s disc the raailbag to ha taken uy >s fastened. The ma I M-u» to be discharged is also held by a disc atr&ched to a rope dargiiEg %lam the Vane. In this case the bag is held by cla ?,- w.'Jf-ii. when pressed down, releas; .c "'b>e process of changing the oiat: is ..escrib. hd in the "Clristian >-- ; vice Monitor' as foiiows —"The 'v... <• glides down with shut-off engine in such a manner ti-t th» njs . '-ngling ficm it mo.'Ji be:weea cr>? <wo 'V shaped beams. At their tpi it slides through the riot of he iuc *nd hus takes the disc with it, Th-s disc with the mailbag attached to it now slides down the rope until it rests on lie d'PC fixed to the rope. The impact releases the claws, which now let the other mailbag drop."