Labels:airplane | bench | bulletin board | dog | grandstand | grass | plane | seat | sky | stairway OCR: 'Plane (contraction of AERO-PLANE) In the early years of the aviation age it was generally believed that fixed-wing heavier-than-air aircraft were the future of flight. In hindsight this view was a1 best mistaken. at worse ludicrous. 'Planes needed fuel to stay aloft, and were limited to tiny fraction of a 'dig' cargo capacity Once Fleury' Gas (b) was developed. the 'plane was essentially dead as serious form of transport. but still popular for sport despite an appalling accident rate By the late 1990s the market had contracted to a point where it was simply uneconomical for any builder to manufacture 'planes. The last were withdrawn from service c2020 and they can now only be found in few museums and private collections. See also Accidents Bat-Boat. Fleury Flight :.., :, .......... a.r:x ...
