PICNICS IN THE AIR
FAMILY AEROPLANES. AVAELAiBLE SOON AT HOME. London, March 14. The fact that a Fox Moth family aeroplane will soon bo available at a cost of £995, which will fly 15 miles to the gallon, is announced by the aeronautical correspondent- of the Time©. The top epeed of the machine will be MO miles an hour, and it will have a cruising speed of 95 miles an hour with four persons, 1001 b. of luggage and petrol for 60 miles. The cabin consists of a private saloon, separated from the cockpit navigation apparatus. Three passengers can see the pilot through a porthole, and can converse through a speaking tube. The cabin contains an inset picnic box and a toilet cabinet.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 March 1932, Page 10
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