The book of the sky; a résumé of personal experience and observation (1922)
Luckiesh, Matthew, b. 1883 · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company · leaf 182
ordination ofthe various kinds of transportation. To arrive inthat distant city in time to begin the business daywould ordinarily require a night spent on boarda steamship or train. Instead, the airmen spendit at home. The aircraft is brought from its hangar andtuned up. The airmen test the… … ANNIHILATING DISTANCE 141 them opens the throttle and notes how the engineturns over. At a nod of his head the blocksare cleared away and with a shake of the joy-stick to see that the controls are clear, thethrottle is opened wide. Down the field the air-craft gains speed, the taU rises from the…
Atmosphere, Upper · Clouds · Aeronautics
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