Show Comb Ines A and Auto x x Plan Vehicle to Serve pual Dual Duty z f fI I J fJ 4 J mx a w ter D ak t tt t t h TIlE THE ta G WING TWO PA CO COMBINATION 1 AUTo AND ANIl AIRPLANE DESIGNED DY BY VIRGIL YIRGIL B MOORE OF TULSA OKLA INSET THE INTERIOR By Dy NUA Ji Service TULSA Okla Oct 9 A 9 A shift In the mechanism and a pigmy airplane planned In this city maybe may maybe be converted Into an automobile It Is the dream of Virgil Il D Moore aIrplane worker for tor many years who has come to this city an In Inventor and patentee of the miniature plane auto The machine besides having this double feature Is la designed so that Its wings will fold told back to permit its Ils entering any ordinary ordin ordin- ordinary ordinary ary auto garage It will carry two passengers besides tho the pilot nans Plans are being made to manu manu- manufacture manufacture facture It here HEADY DY IOn FOR PRODUCTION Tests of the plane have been made on the Pacific coast says Moore and prove pro the tho plane Is practicable for motoring and fly fly- flyIng flying fly flying ing Moore has hils organized a 1 firm for tor Its manufacture The plans ploos call caIl for Its sale at 1100 It will have havea a horsepower 10 motor Moore has hIlS Interested other avi aviation atlon engineers In Its manufacture has obtained the tho necessary ti- ti fi tl financial backing and expects to have han the machine on the market In a II year eor His rile largest clientele he belle believes will bo be among the professional men such luch as doctors In rural districts where roads arent aren't al always al- al ways In the best of shape For use as an airplane the machine Is controlled Just as ILl a any ay other flying It Is de designed de- de designed signed to carry a load of one ton and make a speed of miles an hour It will have a 0 fuel capacity equal for tor 1000 miles Of flying HEAR TRANSMISSION As All an automobile the tho machine will be equipped with rear wheel transmission clutch and torque I member so that It could be run on the ground The Tho front wheels will bo steered by tho the same came mech mech- mechanism mechanism that operates the rudder when th plane Is In the alit I Is Is primarily an aviation lation engineer In 1911 he started work for a I Chicago aerial vehicle com com- company company com company pany first as M hostler around the hangars then as mechanic In 1919 1913 he became a civilian em- em cm In the army aeronautical service ser For the past 10 years Moore has had tho the Idea of making I a plane with folding wings In 1921 he attracted the attention of the Japanese aviation authorities to his Idea but It hasn't been until recently that he has hils been boon able to make any headway no nn |