The new monoplane of the KL. Royal Dutch Ale Lines which "was demonstrated at Croydon recently, is a very. curious-looking craft. There ho fuselage, but all the acommodation is concentrated in a sort of cab over the wings, the body being connected with the tall-assembly by two slender spars.
'The tricycle tunder carriage is Uke that used in the earliest aeroplanes with one wheel under the nose of the machine and the other two set far back: this, it may be remembered, is said to' make landing far easier.
The engine is at the rear of the cabin, thus giving the pilot an unobstructed ]view. and. the airscrew is a pusher, not a tractor.
his monoplane fs an American machine. It "is the "Stearman-Hammond Model ¥, and is to be used for the training of pilots. Tt is said to practically' fool proof.
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