Ferris, Richard. [from old catalog] · New York, T. Nelson and sons · leaf 82
was not onlythe first with which flights were made, but also theinspiration and perhaps the pattern of the wholesucceeding fleet. THE WRIGHT BIPLANE. The Wright biplane is a structure composed oftwo main surfaces, each 40 feet long and 6 feet 6inches wide, set one above the other, parallel, and6… … 82 FLYING MACHINES: THE BIPLANE. by their experiments to give the maxiiinuii lift withthe minimum weight. The combination of planes is mounted on tworigid skids, or runners (similar to the runners of asleigh), which are extended forward and upward toform a support for a pair of smaller planes in…
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