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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 517

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ill dis-cover some new means of navigating the air-lanes, and so do away with the modern aeroplane. The value of the aeroplane in time of war isunquestionable, and the various governments,realizing this fact, have taken up the matter seri-ously, and are training men in the use of them.The United… … A WRIGHT BIPLANE (OLD TYPE).Note the way in which the wings are worked to prevent the machine from turning over when in flight. though not actually worth over $500, so that theactual cost of an aeroplane is less than $1000, andyet the price of a first-class machine, complete,ranges from $3000 to…

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