"WINDMILL” AEROPLANE

Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1930, Page 10

"WINDMILL” AEROPLANE

INTRODUCTION TO DOMINION. Wilk a view to introducing Xhe”Autogiro, or “windmill plane,” into' New Zealand, a company was registered iu Wellington this week. Its title is Safer Flying (N. 1. Limited. A comprehensive itinerary for demonstrations, and passenger Hights throughout the Dominion is being arranged by the company. The Autogiro has a fuselage,' tail gear and engine similar to an ordinary aeroplane, but on a mast above- the fuselage is a four-bladed “windmill,” which, driven by the air current of the propeller, lifts the machine off the ground after a run of a few yards. Once in the air the windmill is kept revolving by the forward motion of the machine. * When landing the joystick is pulled right back and the air speed drops to a negligible value. The machine drops vertically but slowly, and without noise, eventually settling down to earth comfortably. The brakes are then applied and its comes to rest within five yards of the place where it alighted. Although the Autogiro was invented by a Spaniard, Senor Juan de la Cierva, it is being manufactured and marketed by an English firm. k