Experiments in hovering flight are| reported in the latest English flying; journals. Captain Hamersley, M.C., recently took up au'Avro "Baby" in a. wind cf about*4o m.p.h., faced the wind and throttled down. By nicely calculating the respective strengths of thrust and drift, he succeeded in remaining in the same spot over the aerodrome for about five- minutes. The ST>ect;it rHis say that fit .was a very curious sight. At Amsterdam he had ailcwed the. Uaby to he blown oackwards, and landed on the aerodrome without turning; but he wanted to see whether it was possible to actually hover- ov.or a spot for five minutes, and he succeeded.
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Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15311, 26 February 1920, Page 2
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