A Really Small Aeroplane
THE " scooter of the air " seems to be about to become an accomplished fact. A young French designer, M. Louis Goubert, has just completed the designs for a very small machine, which is to be driven by an engine of 10 h.p. only. The machine is to be a tractor, with the pilot entirely enclosed in the fuselage, which will be provided with windows. The wing loading is to be 10 kilograms per square metre (about 2 lbs. /sq. ft.) and the maximum speed is estimated at 50 m.p.h., with a landing speed of about 20 m.p.h. A model of the machine is, it is stated, to be tested by M. Eiffel before the actual machine is built.
Source: FLIGHT, February 17, 1921 p.120