A contest at Lympne, England, for small low-powered planes produced astonishing results. One competitor flew 91½ miles on a gallon of gasoline and 812 miles at a total fuel cost of $5. Captain Norman MacMillan on a tiny Parnall machine flew at 76½ miles an hour, although his tiny motorcycle engine turns up only three or four horse power. Handley Page applied his famous slotted wing to an " air flivver"when the slot was open the device acted like an air brake, reducing the landing speed so much that the machine came...
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