Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-04-17 | Page 10 | Inventor of Plane Risks His Life in 'Windmill' Craft

s y Inventor of Plane Risks His Life in Windmill Craft Graft I SOUTHAMPTON England April 16 AP Frank AP-Frank Frank B. B Courtney an an experimental ex ex- ex- ex air pilot deliberately risked his life t to prove the principle of his windmill plane was was right The experiment ended in a a. crash In which Courtney was slightly hurt One wing of the plane had come ome off while sixty feet in the air and another came off when within fifteen feet of the ground letting the machine fall faU like a stone I am am still convinced Courtney said that the principle of the autogiro autogiro autogiro auto- auto giro Is right Ishall go on with the experiments though In a different way I knew that the breakage was Inevitable and I had put in a report previously to that effect But as nOone no noOne noone one would believe me the only way to test my theories was vas to break the machine in the air I