Morgan County Star | 1912-08-31 | Page 7 | Automobile Has a Wing

automobile hn HAS A WING french motor car Is driven in the same manner as a an aeroplane I 1 A successful trial run ran was made recently from paris to london about miles by a motor car driven by a revolving wing the paris figaro state fates th the vehicle which was designed by M bertrand do lesseps and ts is called the winged car has the appearance of an ordinary motor car save that in front it Is shaped like the prow of a ship prom from the eitrem etty of the prow c wrenda tends a shaft to which la attached the propeller or revolving wing invented by al filippi the wing is small strong and thick and revolves within a protecting c cage it go the engine lasof 40 0 horse power and rats rotates t es the wing by shaft and chain transmission thero thelo Is no other mechanism the wheels of at the car being free except for foot brakes by the side of the driver la Is a single lever which controls the clutch and the forward and reverse movement at 0 the wing thu wing can ha be reversed at a momert fl notice thereby forming an additional brake in the trial tun a speed tol 62 miles an hour was wag obtained with 2100 revolutions of the wing a biln minute one curious feature was that the car mado made no dust