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1960
1960 - 0938.PDF
FLIGHT 8 JULY 1960 I 4 NATURAL SURVIVAL <EF*> SERIES 10 Cyclocosyyiiu Trune at a TURNS HIS BACK ON ENEMIES All trapdoor spiders have two lines of defence —poison fangs and strategic withdrawal into their shaft sunk into the ground. Over this shaft isconstructed a hinged lid, or trapdoor. But one North American species, being much sought-after proteinof the hunting wasps and larger spiders with bigger bites, saw their funk-holes breached with a regularitythat bode ill for the family survival. Nature was petitioned for special protection and time saw thisspider remodelled into a curious shape, with legs grouped forward and body sliced off and equipped rearwards with a tough, leathery cuirass. Fitting the bottom of his shaft like a cork in a bottle, Cyclo now presents an armoured rear end to the foe. Survival, within the sphere of R.F.D.'s activities, is related to the special safety of aircrews and their passengers. The majority of the aircraft of the world's leading airlines and air forces are equipped with R.F.D. inflatable life-having apparatus. S/ LTD COMPANY ARB and MOS Design Approved aiB/sca SURVIVAL INFLATABLE UFERAFTS, LIFEJACKETS AND OTHER AERONAUTICAL EQUIPMENT R.F.D. COMPANY LIMITED • G0DALMIN6 - SURREY • TELEPHONE: GODALMING 1441 Also in N. Ireland, Australia, Canada, Africa, Holland, Sweden, France, Denmark, Germany, Norway.
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