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POTATO MERCHANT

DESIGNS

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A man who spends his working in the Paris "Covent Gar- den" and his evenings designing air- planes is entering an airplane in the Coupe Deutsch. He claims that it will be a miniature artillery battery of the air, writes a Paris Correspond- ent.

AEROPLANE

The Couple Deutsch is the French equivalent of the King's Cup. It is flown on October 1.

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The potato merchant designer 40-year-old M. Paul Marten, who, when he has finished sending pota- toes to his clients, goes over to a small workshop near the Place de la Repub- lique and helps to put the finishing touches to his "terror of the air."

AMATEUR DESIGNER M. Marten is an amateur designer, and has always been interested in aircraft. He visualised a light chaser aircraft which would travel at high speed and be equipped with three guns.

He took his 'rough designs along to a French aircraft designer, M. M. Payen, who perfected the crude de- sign and produced a blue print.

Then came the question of the |cost of building the airplane. M. Mar- ten resolved to allow £35 a month

Alan Marshal and Paulette God. dard in "Dramatic School," at the Queen's Theatre to-day.

out of the profits of his market busin- ment, which has not yet been fitted- ess to build the ground-floor rooms two machine guns, which fire through and a shed and employed four unem-the wings, and a light artillery piece, ployed men, for a small wage and a which fires * 25-millimetre shell share of the profits, if any.

through the propeller.

GOVERNMENTS GIVES ENGINE

The airplane is now completed, but it lacks an engine. They could not afford to buy an engine, so they ap- proached, the French Minister for Air. He has agreed to give one in the in- terests of French aircraft.

SKELETON OF 2,000 YEARS AGO FOUND

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I saw this airplane in its shed yes-

Workmen excavating at the town terday. It looks like a large woodenwaterworks at Sutton Poyntz, near swallow. Two types have been built. Weymouth, found the skeleton of One as a kind of speedy, air-taxi, and Roman on which was extraordinarily the other for fighting purposes, where well preserved nailed footwear. the pilot sits almost in the tail.

Mr. Collingwood Selby, of the Dor- estimated It is only 21 feet long with a 12 set County Museum, who feet wing spread. It will fly at 300 the age of the find at about 2,000 years, miles an hour. It will be equipped | sald: * "The skull is damaged, but with a 400 h.p.. Regnier engine, a gift otherwise the skeleton is in a good from the French Government.

state of preservation. Fragments of.

But its peculiarity will be its arma- a handled cup were found close by."

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