The Archive · 1928

THE FOOL-PROOF AEROPLANE

85 Miles an-Hour and Able to Rise in 35ft, After conspicuous success 1 a new type fool-proof to the Japanese government and to private flying enthusiasts in that country, Me. Bert Hall, a former United States Army officers arrived in Shanghai last week aboard the str. President Grant and has gone to Nanking where he has completed arrangements to show his machine and demonstrate its possibilities to Gen, Chiang Kai shek.

The machine in which My. Hall is interested is called a Klemm Acre Marine convertible type, It has a spread of 42 teety a cruising radius of 500 miles, a top speed of 85 and can take off from the field carrying two passengers in 35 fect.

Mr. Hall further stated that it is powered with a 20 horsepower, 2 cycle Mercedes, air-cooled engine and has a landing speed of 18 miles fan hour, that is, practically foolproof and cannot side slip, Yad spin or nose dive,

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