The Technical World Magazine, Volume 14Technical World Company, 1910 |
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... feet at Hempstead , Long Island , and one hun- dred and fifty feet at Springfield , while Hamilton reckons his falls at a total of 10,645 feet , and he is still falling ! In seeking the conquest of the air , fourteen aviators have been ...
... feet at Hempstead , Long Island , and one hun- dred and fifty feet at Springfield , while Hamilton reckons his falls at a total of 10,645 feet , and he is still falling ! In seeking the conquest of the air , fourteen aviators have been ...
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... feet , then it gave a sharp dive and crashed straight down into the field seventy - five feet below . For a moment . the crowd could not see the plane , as the dust arose in a blinding cloud . Then a rush was made for the machine and ...
... feet , then it gave a sharp dive and crashed straight down into the field seventy - five feet below . For a moment . the crowd could not see the plane , as the dust arose in a blinding cloud . Then a rush was made for the machine and ...
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... feet , when suddenly and most unexpectedly the aeroplane tilted sharply downward and struck the ground with great vio- lence . Lefebvre was pitched out upon his head and lay unconscious amidst the wreckage . He died in a few minutes ...
... feet , when suddenly and most unexpectedly the aeroplane tilted sharply downward and struck the ground with great vio- lence . Lefebvre was pitched out upon his head and lay unconscious amidst the wreckage . He died in a few minutes ...
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... feet . In the was same month Hubert Latham , another French aviator , fell one hundred and fifty feet at Heliopolis and got up and walked away ! His monoplane wrecked . It is not how far you fall , but how you fall and what happens to ...
... feet . In the was same month Hubert Latham , another French aviator , fell one hundred and fifty feet at Heliopolis and got up and walked away ! His monoplane wrecked . It is not how far you fall , but how you fall and what happens to ...
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... feet . Captain Rolls was participating in an alighting competition for a prize to the aviator landing nearest a stake in front of the grand stand . When at a height of fifty feet he saw that he was dropping too fast . To check his drop ...
... feet . Captain Rolls was participating in an alighting competition for a prize to the aviator landing nearest a stake in front of the grand stand . When at a height of fifty feet he saw that he was dropping too fast . To check his drop ...
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