The boys' book of model aeroplanes : how to build and fly them : with the story of the evolution of the flying machine (1912)
Collins, Francis A. (Francis Arnold), b. 1873-, Morgan, Kewpie, inscriber. DSI · London : Eveleigh Nash · leaf 251
dder and lifting plane,extends about ten feet in front of the mainplanes. These two planes, which have acombined area of eighty square feet, maybe inclined upward or downward by touch-ing a lever at the pilots seat. The motor,radiator and petrol or fuel tank are placedon the lower plane in the… … ABOARD THE WRIGHTS AIRSHIP Wrights airship is, of course, the methodfor flexing the tips of the wings or planesto imitate the flight of the birds. The endsof the large planes are made slightly flex-ible, and may be turned up or down bymoving a lever placed convenient to thepilots hand. Both planes…
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