 | 1908 - 1006 Seiten
...1902, nearly one thousand gliding flights were made, several of which covered distances of over 600 feet. Some, made against a wind of thirty-six miles...the air would be a coat of feathers to make it light ! With accurate data for making calculations, and a system of balance effective in winds as well as... | |
 | 1908 - 984 Seiten
...gave proof of the effectiveness of the devices for control. With this machine, in the autumn of I903, we made a number of flights in which we remained in...the air would be a coat of feathers to make it light ! With accurate data for making calculations, and a system of balance effective in winds as well as... | |
 | Francis Arnold Collins - 1910 - 330 Seiten
...autumn of 1903, we made a number of flights in which we 209 remained in the air for over a minute, after soaring for a considerable time in one spot, without...air would be a coat of feathers to make it light." " With accurate data for making calculations, and a system of balance effective in winds as well as... | |
 | Charles Lester Barstow - 1912 - 240 Seiten
...1902, nearly one thousand gliding flights were made, several of which covered distances of over 600 feet. Some, made against a wind of thirty-six miles...air would be a coat of feathers to make it light! With accurate data for making calculations, and a system of balance effective in winds as well as in... | |
 | American School (Lansing, Ill.) - 1912 - 80 Seiten
...feet (all made with the operator lying prone as shown in Fig. 8). Some glides against a wind of 36 miles an hour gave proof of the effectiveness of the...assistant should think the only thing needed to keep it in the air indefinitely would be a coat of feathers to make it light! "With accurate data for making... | |
 | Charles Brian Hayward - 1912 - 812 Seiten
...of flights in which we remained in the air for over a minute, often soaring for a considerable tune in one spot without any descent at all. Little wonder...assistant should think the only thing needed to keep it in the air indefinitely would be a coat of feathers to make it light! "With accurate data for making... | |
 | E Charles Vivian - 1921 - 648 Seiten
...flights were made, several of which covered distances of over 600 feet. Some, made against a wind of 36 miles an hour, gave proof of the effectiveness of...the air would be a coat of feathers to make it light ! ' It was at the conclusion of these experiments of 1903 that the brothers concluded they had obtained... | |
 | Waldemar Kaempffert - 1924 - 586 Seiten
...rare, fine, unselfish men who try to do something for manTHE PREDECESSOR OF THE MODERN FLYING-MACHINE. "With this machine, in the autumn of 1903, we made...considerable time in one spot, without any descent at all," the Wrights state in their "Early History of the Airplane." "Little wonder that our unscientific assistant... | |
 | Waldemar Kaempffert - 1924 - 602 Seiten
...rare, fine, unselfish men who try to do something for manTHE PREDECESSOR OF THE MODERN FLYING-MACHINE. "With this machine, in the autumn of 1903, we made...considerable time in one spot, without any descent at all," the Wrights state in their "Early History of the Airplane." "Little wonder that our unscientific assistant... | |
 | John Lord - 1924 - 1012 Seiten
...soundness of their controlling devices. In 1903 in strong winds they made a number of flights in which they remained in the air for over a minute, often soaring...spot, without any descent at all. Little wonder that their unscientific assistant should think the only thing needed to keep the glider indefinitely in... | |
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In September and October, 1902, nearly one thousand gliding flights were made, several of which covered distances of over 600 feet. Some, made against a wind of thirty-six miles an hour, gave proof of the effectiveness of the devices for control. With... 
