Flying machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship (1910)
Jackman, William James, b. 1850, Russell, Thomas Herbert, 1862-1947, Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910 · Chicago : Charles C. Thompson Co. · leaf 64
CHAPTER VIII. THE REAL FLYING MACHINE. We will now assume that you have become proficient enough to warrant an attempt at the construction of a real flying machine — one that will not only remain sus- pended in the air at the will of the operator, but make respectable progress in whatever direction… … General Outline of Curtiss' Main Framework. sire to go. The glider, it must be remembered, is not steerable, except to a limited extent, and moves only in one direction — against the wind. Besides this its power of flotation — suspension in the air — is circumscribed. Larger Surface Area Required.…
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