New type plane flies.
Here is the 'flying wing' which made a successful test flight at St. Petersburg, Florida, December 2, 1934 with J. Leslie Younghusband, its owner, at the controls. Younghusband is a Chicago Manufacturer.
01/31/2013. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "This two-seat aircraft was designed and built by former Arup employee Raoul J. Hoffman of St. Petersburg, and hence it is also known as the Hoffman Flying Wing. Similar to the Arup S-2, the all-wing design was powered by an 85 hp Cirrus Mk III engine, and had a novel cockpit ventilator in the wing's leading edge that howled to warn of stalls. It was lost in 1936 when it caught fire during flight and crashed."
Span: 22 ft 8 in (6.91 m)
Wing chord: 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Length: 17 ft 8 in (5.38 m)
Empty weight: 900 lb (408 kg)
Max speed: 135 mph (217 kmh)
Landing speed: 28 mph (45 kmh)
