Word: spinproof
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Commerce Henry Wallace soloed after 7 hrs. 10 min. of instruction in an Ercoupe). With all of its controls operated from a steering wheel, Ercoupe's makers brag that "anyone who can drive a car can learn to fly an Ercoupe." Most notable safety feature: the plane is spinproof. Ercoupes, which were just getting into production when the war choked it off, are now being made at the rate of 25 a month, will soon be up to 200 a month. Price...
...public got a preview of the postwar private plane in a St. Louis air show last fortnight. The plane, it appeared, will be equipped with self-starter, automatic brakes, will be spinproof, stallproof, non-capsizable on landing. One model even got rid of most of the controls, reducing the pilot's job to turning and tilting a steering wheel. Missing from the show, however, was a plane that can fly with an automatic pilot...
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