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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... less power would be required to support a thin plane surface in the air at high speed than at low speed . He cal- culated that one horsepower , rightly applied , could sustain more than 200 pounds in the air at express - train speed ...
... less power would be required to support a thin plane surface in the air at high speed than at low speed . He cal- culated that one horsepower , rightly applied , could sustain more than 200 pounds in the air at express - train speed ...
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... less and cost less than a 1909 motorcycle made it popular . For a number of years it was built in modest numbers by Duthiel and Chalmers , and by the Clément - Bayard Company . Santos - Dumont took out no patents on his airplane designs ...
... less and cost less than a 1909 motorcycle made it popular . For a number of years it was built in modest numbers by Duthiel and Chalmers , and by the Clément - Bayard Company . Santos - Dumont took out no patents on his airplane designs ...
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... less efficient in the matter of propellers , " it would appear . . . the Voisin machine is also slightly less efficient considered as a glider , that is to say its gliding angle is not quite so good as that of the Wright machine ; the ...
... less efficient in the matter of propellers , " it would appear . . . the Voisin machine is also slightly less efficient considered as a glider , that is to say its gliding angle is not quite so good as that of the Wright machine ; the ...
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The Dreamers | 15 |
The Early Experimenters | 21 |
The Bird Men | 29 |
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