New Italian Airplane for High Speed is a Flying Tunnel (Jan, 1933)
New Italian Airplane for High Speed is a Flying Tunnel
THIS odd machine, the Stipa-Caproni, which has just been completed in Italy, and has passed severe tests, is expected to be the type of future record-breakers.The propeller, it will be seen, is located in a cylinder, through which the air-stream is driven. This “Venturi tube,” all of wood, concentrates the pressure.
The span of the model shown is 50 feet; pilot and passenger occupy a stream-lined cabin above the tunnel-shaped body, which the wing bisects.
Look at this! a 1998 replica of this rare plane:
http://www.seqair.com/H…
http://www.airbornegraf…
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Whre’s the 1998 replica set?
Check out the YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/…
Also….
Search YouTube for “Alf: The Animated Adventures”.
(Sorry… I can’t find a clip of Alf flying one.)