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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... construction , and is credited with having an awareness that a cambered wing , rather than a flat surface , would be required . He conceived , as one solution to the problems at hand , the idea of biplane construction with struts and ...
... construction , and is credited with having an awareness that a cambered wing , rather than a flat surface , would be required . He conceived , as one solution to the problems at hand , the idea of biplane construction with struts and ...
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... construction of a small air- plane model , powered by a rubber band . It was similar to one flown for 13 seconds by the French experimenter , but Langley's replica could manage flight for hardly half that brief time . In all , Langley ...
... construction of a small air- plane model , powered by a rubber band . It was similar to one flown for 13 seconds by the French experimenter , but Langley's replica could manage flight for hardly half that brief time . In all , Langley ...
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... construction would afford the stability and lift of a monoplane wing with pronounced dihedral and of twice the span . Airplanes which Santos - Dumont and the Voisins , among others , built in France were characterized by the cellular ...
... construction would afford the stability and lift of a monoplane wing with pronounced dihedral and of twice the span . Airplanes which Santos - Dumont and the Voisins , among others , built in France were characterized by the cellular ...
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The Dreamers | 15 |
The Early Experimenters | 21 |
The Bird Men | 29 |
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