FLYING WITHOUT PETROL
NEWS FOR KINGSFORD SMITH. DAIRY FARMER’S “INVENTION.” Many strange requests have been re« ceived by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith from New Zealand inventors. Here is one which came from a dairy farmer in the Wanganui district: “Would you be interested in an epoch-making invention, which would enable aeroplanes, after they had started, to travel any distance without using any more petrol? There would not be any need to carry so much petrol. The idea is simple, but effective, It would require very little alteration to the aeroplane, and. would cost only a few pounds. I would be prepared to accept one-third of the profits. The balance would be yours. “You would have to get finance to arrange for patents, to fix up the aeroplane and prove it to the world. If this appeals to you, I would be pleased to enter into an agreement in writing and then divulge the whole idea.” A postscript says: “As I am a dairy farmer, your appointment would have to avoid milking times.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 February 1933, Page 9
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