Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume VI, Number 11, 13 July 1933 — AIRPLANE LIKE DART HAS LENGTHWISE WINGS [ARTICLE]

AIRPLANE LIKE DART HAS LENGTHWISE WINGS

Shaped like a boy's paper.dart, a new type airplane Ls almost winglessi, only narro# lifting surfaces being attaclxed lengtii«wise to the body. In test the ahlp has been able to īeave the ground on short hops. The plane is 26 feet long, with a sixfoot width at front, whieh is the narrowest part. Twenty feet back the craft widens to 18 feet, m the shape of a dartj,. The makers elaim tha.t -the craft cannot sideslip or spin, while a stall merely throws it into a gliding position, due to the unusual shape.