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Show 4. 1 AVIATOR IN FLAMING I OIL SOAKED AIRPLANE MAKES SAFE LANDING I .nj.W VOIlk, Oct. 7. Experts of the American army and navy avia lion service today were preparing reports, to the government on the flying lemonstration of a flaming oil-soaked, fire-proofed alrplant and iis mic- I i night landing device witnessed b.. theui last night at Bfineola. Ameri an Hid British experts w )u saw the spectacular demonstration by Fau! t.'ollins, a civilian flier, said it marked one of the modi important develop- ments in aviation since the armistice. Particular importance is attached to the dei)ior,Mn.i ion because of, the !o4 of so many mail aviators caused by flaming machines. Before making his aseent to an altitude of 5000 feel, Collins' machine was treated thoroughly with fire proofing "dope" and then completed saturated with gasoline. Collins himself donned a costume similarly treated At tils highest altitude he set fire to the gasoline and thrilled the countryside by his flaming comet-like course. On his descent, all about 1000 feet, he also touched off two large flares of magnesium on the tip- of the wings and, by manipulating two large mirrors underneath the fuselage, lie Illuminated the whole lauding f;eld, ennbling him to make a perfect "daylight " landing. The fire-proofing as well as the mechanical apparatus for operating the device ,s the invention of 1'arker H. Bradley of Xutley, N. J. : |