ENGINELESS AEROPLANE
WASHINGTON, August 21. Mr. Glenu Curtis has announced that he has completed a. motorless airplane which, if the tests are successful, will be capable of rising from and alighting on the water. WONDERFUL GLIDER. LONDON, August 21. Handley-Page has a representative watching the motorless aeroplane tests at Washerkuppe, a hill three thousand feet, near Fulda, where Hentzem flew for 72100 seconds. Mr. Page, interviewed, said the object of the motorless planes is to discover the secret of bird flight. Washerkuppe is treeless, and when the wind blows against it, there is a strong upward current, making soaring possible. After the machine has been thrown into the air by elastic catapult, it rises against the wind like a bird. As the Peace Treaty restricts German construction in other aircraft, they have turned their attention to these gliders with great success. The gliders fly so slowly that it is possible for a pedestrian to keep up with the machine and converse with the pilot. WEIGHS 150 POUNDS. BERLIN, August 21. Hentzem’s glider weighs 150 pounds. It has a wind surface of two hundred square feet.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18566, 23 August 1922, Page 2
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185ENGINELESS AEROPLANE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18566, 23 August 1922, Page 2
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