PENNY A MILE BY AIR

Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1929, Page 9

PENNY A MILE BY AIR

BRITISH LIGHT MACHINES. DISPLAYS AT LONDON EXHIBITION British Official Wireless. Rugby, July 17. The international character of the aero exhibition was very noticeable on its opening day, yesterday, for the representatives of nearly forty nations inspected the exhibition, which is intensely interesting, both to experts and laymen. , , . The Prince of Wales spent several hours there, climbing into the cockpits and examining controls and discussing the designs of both British and foreign machines on view. He discussed developments in flying with many pioneers w’ o in the early days constructed and precariously flew their own craft. The Prince showed special interest in American, German, French and Italian machines, and the remarkable display of British light aeroplanes which promise to be the future motor-cycles of the air. Among these are single-seaters, costing under £4OO, with a cruising speed of° eighty miles an hour, the running costs of which are under a penny a mile. Their wings can be folded, and the machine housed in an ordinary garage