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The Aeroplane (1911)

[London : Temple Press] · leaf 55

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et with official approval, the mono- plane, which began with the idea of great speed at all costs, has found itself in an impasse from which it is impossible to extract it without radically altering its principle. It has to acquire facility for observation, and it has to carry armour and armament.… … has now produced another machine similar in principle to this built by M. Odier of the Borel firm, so that apparently there is a general movement in this direction. The Borel has the centre of gravity very slightly below and in front of the centre of pressure. It consists of a quad- rangular…

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