Mr. Hafner believes that eventually the fixed-wing flying machine—the aeroplane—will have its place in civil aviation solely as a vehicle over long distances for fast passenger and mail traffic between large and well-surfaced aerodromes or sea harbours, leaving the short runs, the door-to-door journeys and the bulk of pleasure flying to the gyroplane, which he expects to bring to the sphere of aviation the handiness and ubiquity of the automobile, Calculations show that the Hafner three-seater now in course of development should be able to carry a reasonable useful load and to take-off without forward run and in "no wind" conditions in a smooth climb steep enough to clear a tree 40 feet high 40 yards from the point of ascent, It should be able to land without run within a still shorter distance over a similar barrier. Because of its ability to fly at low forward speed it should move safely in mist or at night, driving on its headlights like an automobile and with plenty of time to avoid obstacles when flying near the ground. The designers state that it may fly more slowly under full control than a ship can steam on the water, yet its maximum level speed is expected to exceed 120 mp.h. and its rate of climb to compare favourably with that of many fixed-wing aircraft, The ANI single-seater is now undergoing tests at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, including kinematic study of the movements of the lifting vanes in flight, Points in which it differs from its Cierva forerunners are the variable incidence device embodied in the rotor and the tie-rod attachment of the rotor blades.
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