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Curtiss' so-called Autoplane actually managed to get off the ground briefly, thanks to the force of a four-blade propeller at the back of the vehicle.
An Idea Without Wings Javier Espinoza 2011
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In 1936 along with fellow engineer Edmund Hordern, Freddie March designed an aircraft called the Autoplane that featured folding wings.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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It was 1917 when aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss built his Autoplane, an ugly, ungainly thing that really did fly.
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It was 1917 when aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss built his Autoplane, an ugly, ungainly thing that really did fly.
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Autoplane, a big, ugly, ungainly thing that really did fly.
Slate Magazine Annie Lowrey 2011
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