Bacon, Gertrude, 1874-1949 · London ; New York ; Toronto ; Melbourne : Cassell and Company · leaf 96
by the framework in between, and thewings have therefore a very appreciable thickness, beingover three inches in the thickest part. They taper away,however, at the back, and give that humped stream-linecurve with blunt end foremost that we are now so familiarwith. The tail, or empennage, consists… … shock absorbe.ro- CHA55I5 VERTICALRUDDE.R ELLELVATIfiGTIPS E.MPE1NNAGE. THE ^BLERIOT MONOPLANE. 76 HOW MEN FLY the elevator is a hinged flap placed behind the fixed tail.The vertical plane is the rudder, and is worked by the feetof the aviator, who sits in the front of the body, betweenthe wings,…
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