Pocket Sized Biplane

Description: A newsreel short showcasing a remarkably small biplane — likely a one-person homebuilt or ultralight aircraft novelty — filmed in the spirit of mid-century newsreel human-interest segments that delighted in ingenious miniaturization and individual ingenuity. The film probably shows the tiny aircraft in flight and on the ground alongside its builder or pilot, inviting audiences to marvel at how much aviation engineering could be packed into the smallest possible frame, in an era when backyard aviation experiments still regularly made the news.

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small to smaller a pocket size bantom bip plane takes a bow builder of the plane which he claims is stall proof and spin proof is John pus of Los elos California pontis is pilot on the First Flight of the 12T with 20ft wingspan and 36 horse 2cylinder motor can she fly like a bumblebee doesn't seem possible but seeing is believing


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