London, Feb. 8.
The French Alr Ministry have concluded an agreement with Hand= Fey Page, Ltd. and have paid a substantial sum to them for the full rights of the French Air Force and French manufacturers to At Handley Page slotted wings to their aircraft In French territory.
This step was taken by the French Government after exhaustive, trials which Fully substantiate ed the increased safety which the Slotted wing 8. Tneidentally, they confirmed the wisdom of the! decision of the British Air Minis. try in standardising the fitting of such wings to Royal Air Force evaft, the right to do so having been acquired a few years ago for £100,000, The slotted wing device consists qwainly in auxiliary winglets which, in normal flight, lie flat against the leading or front edge of the
dangerous attitude with tt nose Up i and gets into.a potent sins the oengplane jane and tail down, those winglets an-|rc, toniatioally slide "out from' the front of the wings and the effect of the slot thus created between winglets and the main plane is to preserve on unbroken air-flow over the structure, The pilot thus. maintains full control in eireum~ stances which might otherwise send him into a nose dive -and spin, state of affairs responsible for ut. of fatal flying ac-Wireless through Reuter.
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