Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume III
Forfatter: Archibald Williams
År: 1945
Serie: Engineering Wonders of the World
Forlag: Thomas Nelson and Sons
Sted: London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York
Sider: 407
UDK: 600 eng- gl
With 424 Illustrations, Maps, and Diagrams
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THEORY AND PRINCIPLES OF THE AEROPLANE. 13
ing pace. Similarly, an aeroplane moving at
a hundred miles an hour would be practically
unaffected by strong gusts of wind, and not
be liable to tilt either longitudinally or trans-
versely. Such a speed would, however, imply
the use of small lifting surfaces, which in turn
would make landing a difficult matter. Pos-
sibly invention may devise some method of
altering the area of the decks at will — of
reefing them, as it were, during flight, and
unreefing when the time comes to alight. It
must be confessed that the aeroplane of to-day
does not appear to lend itself to any such,
system as this.
TUNING UP AN ANTOINETTE MONOPLANE PREPARATORY TO A FLIGHT.
(Photo, Illustrations Bureau.)