Military aeroplanes, simplified, enlarged; an explanatory consideration of their characteristics, performances, construction, maintenance, and operation, specifically arranged for the use of aviators and students (1918)
applied in aviation, and the information used is primarilydesigned to be of definite service, in the field, where many unforeseendifficulties constantly arise. During the centuries of effort to conquer the air, the aeroplane is butone of many types of craft that have been devised. Before taking up… … A Zeppelin Rigid airship and above it an aeroplane. The rigid balloon is onetype of floating airship. 1. FLOATING AIRCRAFT. The airship, is distinctly a lighter-than-air machine, con-sisting of a balloon or gasbag, containing a gas — hydrogen forexample — lighter than air, which by displacement of…
Airplanes · Aeronautics, Military
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