London, Oct. 19.
Aeronautical experts, including] Sir Samuel Hoare, were at Farnborough to-day to witness the trial flights of the new Auto-Giro aeroplane, the invention of Senor de In Ciorva, in which a four-bladed wind-wheel, fitted above an ordinary Avro fuselage and driven by the movement of air, replaces the usual wings.
The famous pilot, Mr. Courtney, astonished the spectators by slow and fast flights and vertical drops from various heights, landing, for example, from a height of 12 foet, The inventor claimed that the nuachine was practically able to hover and that it would be most useful for military observa could land on the deck of a ship or on platforms above houses inthe city.
Bir. Courtney dwelt on the stability, of the machine, He said that could fly backwards if it were fisted with reverse gear—Reuter,
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