Show Wide Uses Predicted for or Windmill Plane That Has lIas No Wings By LEONARD H. H ENGEL Washington Write Washington Write this in your book A place in the air for the windmill aircraft within five years Aviation A men and others here are freely predicting widespread adoption adoption adoption tion of the new autogiro that is emerging today from years of quiet experimental work without benefit of publicity A rapidly growing list of at uses is being compiled for new varieties of the windmill plane that can do things no ordinary airplane airplane airplane air air- plane can duplicate I went up In one of the new autogiros auto auto- autogiros demonstrated here bere by W. W Wallace Wallace Wallace Wal Wal- lace Kellett of Philadelphia We took o off of I in 25 feet We landed almost literally on a dime the dime the wheels struck the earth and stopped hardly moving a millimeter Up in the air we stood stock still we moved sideways we turned as though an axle pierced the fuselage And the pilot did all aU that simply by maneuvering the three whirling blades above the fuselage of the newest type of wing air air- craft Abilities such as these have the army interested Navy men are curious too and so are fire foresters coast guardsmen persons concerned concerned concerned con con- with air mail mall and others Autogiro Has No Wings The autogiro has come a long longway longway longway way during the decade since the late Senor enor Juan de la Cierva its inventor who was killed in the crash of a transport piano plana in 1936 in just the kind of accident he be sought to prevent with his odd looking craft brought it to the United States Today the trim machine demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated demon demon- by Kellett has no wings depending depending depending de de- de- de pending for its lift entirely on the whirling blades With a horsepower motor powering a propeller propeller propeller pro pro- peller to give it forward speed and turning the overhead blades for the take off of the autogiro can make miles an hour it can lift more I Irise rise more sharply and quickly than the predecessors which attracted so much attention hardly more than half ball a dozen years ago And technical men in various fields and government services are seeing quickly that its uncanny maneuverability will find ready ap ap- The army wants it for spotting artillery fire and for observation and reconnoitering You could have drawn a detailed picture of WashIngton Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington while we were above it so nearly motionless did we hover The autogiro would also be useful for liaison operations The navy may find it useful for spotting naval gunfire for it has the advantage of being able to hover yet being so maneuverable that it can follow the course of an enemy fleet Airplanes are already In wide use for dusting fields with insect poisons but it is a risky business moving along at nearly miles an hour only a Cl few feet above the ground Hence another use is seen for the autogiro hovering a few feet above the ground spreading a chemical cloud is not a risky business for tor the wing aircraft Spotting diseased trees has also been successfully successfully suc sue accomplished |