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Show SWEDISH LIEUTENANT INVENTS AN AIRPLANE STOCKHOLM, May 26. A new tvre of airplane lias been planned and constructed construct-ed by an ofrteer In the Swedish army, Lieutenant von Porat. It differs from ordinary or-dinary types In that It Is marie entirely of steel and woven fabrics, with the exception ex-ception of the propeller, which is of wood, and in tho arrangement of the wings. The Sower plane of tho machine which Is a ucotit biplane with some resemblance to the .Fokker type lies for three-quarters of its width back of the upper plane. Instead In-stead of belnfr directly under It, as in most machines. The especial advantage claimed for the nv airplane lies In Its climbing abllitv, wifich Is declared k be 300 feet In four to five minutes. Its speed Is 100 miles an hour. The motor Is of 100-horsepower. |