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Scientific American, Vol. 99, No. 9 (August 1908) (1908)

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nder you is at first a perfect blur, but as you rise the objects Rear View of the Aeroplane, Showing It Mounted upon Two Wheels and Being Pushed Rack to Its become clearer. At a height of one hundred feet you Starting Rail.. feel hardly any motion at all, except for the wind The 25-30-horse-power,… … Three-Quarter Rear View of the Wright Aeroplane. pounds. Such a machine could be readily carried to a suitable starting place by the two men using it, and as The aeroplane rests on skids which extend forward and support the horizontal rudd er. Note the curved vertical rudder in the center of this,…

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