Aviation aux Etats-Unis : Divers types d'avions, 1929-1940. - 55 photos - Photo n° 229318
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FROM: WIDE WORLD PHOTOS – CULVER CITY, CALIF. NEW PLANE FOR SPRAYING CROPS. ---Latest developments in crop-dusting planes are given Department of Commerce tests at Culver City, Calif., airport. The new plane, shown for the first time during the tests, has been perfected by the Royal Aero Corporation and has a capacity of 700 pounds of insecticide which it distributes at a speed of 115 miles an hour. Radical departures in the plane include a special Venturitube Duster. A geared feeding arrangement in the “Hopper”, a ventilated fuselage and a dust-proof cabin which permits the pilot to fly through the poisonous cloud of dust when necessity arises. - 5/2/30. 3-690382----A view of the Venturi tube Duster. - 5/2/30. [Leihweise Wide World Photos - Berlin] [Actualit]
