AERONAUTICS: Farmer Aviators

A baby plane selling for 5,000 gold marks ($1,190) is being sold in large numbers in Germany—particularly to farmers and traveling salesmen. Built entirely of steel by a steel firm in Breslau, it is actually cheaper than any automobile being built in Germany and is on a thorough production basis.

Cheap Training

Small planes are also going to find use in training English military pilots. Two-seaters equipped with only five to ten horsepower are being developed for this purpose. Lack of funds has handicapped the British Air Force in their training program. The...

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