Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 157
a framewill stand almost any amount ofknocking about without injury. Aswift volplane to earth, which wouldsmash any ordinary wooden frame tosmithereens, would have little effecton a metal plane. Such frames,again, are very easy to cover. It willbe found a good plan to sew the clothto one edge, draw… … A WELL-PROPORTIONED MODEL, CAPABLE OF LONG FLIGHTS. is an easy matter to bend the ribs up or down and alter the PERCY PIERCE, WINNER OF THE DISTANCE RECORD line of the plane in many ways, as may be desired.Small stability or guiding planes may be madeof a sheet of metal, although suchconstruction…
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