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Show . S0LVS"PR0BLEM AUTOMATIC EQUILIBRIUM I THE- CttRIJTMAN FLYING MACHINE- """"U.TE:" . H THE government authorities nro anxiously awaiting rurthor tests of tho ChrlBtmnn flying machlno with a, M view to purchasing bouio of thoso romnrkablo aeroplanes for military uso. Tho wondorful ronture of this H dovlco of Dr. William W. Chrlstmnn Is that It scorns to have Bolved tho problem of automatic equilibrium. M It Is Bolf-balanclng in flight, without tho uso of auxiliary balancing dovlces of nny kind. Tho harder tho B wind blows, tho stlffcr and moro stable it becomes, thtis eliminating the heretofore great danger of (lying in H windy weather. Tho machlno Is the only ono in oxlstonco which enn "hovor" or remain perfectly still In tho H air when tho engine Is Inoperative It has n lifting copnclty of 1.500 pounds. Soventy-flvo gallons of gasoline H r"n hn onrrled. giving a range of travel of 300 miles or moro without coming to thu ground. H |