SAFETY IN AIR
SLOTTED WING DEVICE. USE BY' FRENCH AIR FORCE. [ British Official Wireless, j Received Feb. 9, 10.30 p.m. RUGBY, Feb. 8. The French Air Afinistry has concluded an agreement with Handley-I’agc Limited and has paid a substantial sum for tho full rights of the French Aii Force and a French manufacturer tc fix Handley-Pago slotted wings to theii aircraft in French territory. This decision was taken after ex haustive trials which fully substantiated the increased safety which the slotted wing gives. Incidentally they confirmed the wisdom of tho decision of tho British Air Afinistry in standardising the fitting of Royal Air Force craft, tho right to do so being acquired a few yc-ar ago for £1,000,000. Tho slotted wing consists mainly ol auxiliary winglets, which in normal flight lie flat against the front edge of tho wings. When the aeroplane lose.flying speed and gets into a potentially dangerous attitude, the winglets automatically slide out, and tho effect ol the slot thus created between the wing lets and the main ’plane is to preserve an unbroken air flow over the structure. The pilot thus maintains full control in circumstances which might otherwise send him into a nose dive and spin, a state of affairs responsible foi 90 per cent, of fatal flying accidents.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 35, 10 February 1934, Page 9
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