The Heritage of Kitty HawkW.W. Norton, 1962 - 211 էջ The story of the early aviation pioneers and their accomplishments from the beginnings until World War 1. |
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... company , operated and owned solely by a man who stood ramrod straight and kept his own counsel , was busy indeed . So busy , in fact , that in 1916 his company looked like an attractive proposition to financiers who convinced Martin ...
... company , operated and owned solely by a man who stood ramrod straight and kept his own counsel , was busy indeed . So busy , in fact , that in 1916 his company looked like an attractive proposition to financiers who convinced Martin ...
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... Company was bought by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Com- pany , the former was one of a handful of American ... companies that " the hazard of operating or riding in aeroplanes and flying machines is NOT insurable as an accident risk ...
... Company was bought by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Com- pany , the former was one of a handful of American ... companies that " the hazard of operating or riding in aeroplanes and flying machines is NOT insurable as an accident risk ...
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... Company , 144 Clément - Bayard Company , 85 , 90 , 171 Coanda , Henri , 179 , 186 Cody , S. F. , 77-78 , 107 " 9 Collier , Robert J. , 174 Collier trophy , 124 Colliex , Maurice , 87 , 101 Cologne , bombing of , 199 Comnenus , Emperor ...
... Company , 144 Clément - Bayard Company , 85 , 90 , 171 Coanda , Henri , 179 , 186 Cody , S. F. , 77-78 , 107 " 9 Collier , Robert J. , 174 Collier trophy , 124 Colliex , Maurice , 87 , 101 Cologne , bombing of , 199 Comnenus , Emperor ...
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The Dreamers | 15 |
The Early Experimenters | 21 |
The Bird Men | 29 |
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8-cylinder Aerial Experiment Association Aero Club aerodynamic aeronautical ailerons air-cooled aircraft airplane airship American Anzani Army aviation became Bettmann biplane bird Bleriot bombs British build built Century Chanute Chapter construction craft cylinders Delagrange Deperdussin early effort experimenters Farman Ferber flew flight flown Flyer flying boat flying machine France French Gabriel Voisin German Glenn Curtiss glider Gnome Hammondsport Henri Farman horsepower Institution Smithsonian Institution kites Kitty Hawk Lanchester landing gear Langley Langley's lateral control lateral stability launching Lilienthal Manly manufacturer Martin ment miles military minutes monoplane Navy Orville and Wilbur Orville Wright Otto Lilienthal pilot pioneers plane pounds power plant pusher propeller reconnaissance Santos-Dumont scouting Selfridge Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian speed square feet successful surface tail takeoff tion vee-type wheels Wilbur and Orville Wilbur Wright wind tunnel wing span wing tips wing warping Wright brothers Wright Flyer