SPEED OF FLIERS.
An aviation expert, writing in a British newspaper, dwells 011 the enormous speed made by the latest .flying models. He says that it may bo stated that aeroplanes capable of a speed of nearly 150 miles per hour in calm air are in existence. It is likely, too, that certain machines of heavy " loading " (which is not tho same thing as great total weight) and .small head repir. 1 'n a steep dive attain a speed of' 2«7> miles per hour. Certain dantvrr anticipated years apo. and to .some extent, at an vrate. they are provided for in building. These fast craft have their own degree and problems of instability, and they are no whit easier to fly or safer than slow craft A diving speed of something more than 200 miles per hour having been attained, it seems likely that an entirely now pnuso is cutciod upon, icc|uiriTi£ very careful consideration.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12083, 11 August 1917, Page 3
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155SPEED OF FLIERS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 12083, 11 August 1917, Page 3
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