. St. Nicholas [serial]. Copyright by H. M. Benner. GLEN H. CURTISS FLYING OVER LAKE KEUKA, NEAR HAMMONDSP^RT, NEW YORK. ? tion first propels the machine over the ground,and when it has attained a speed of twenty-fiveor thirty miles an hour, the operator pulls thewheel toward him, thus elevating the front rud-der, and the machine gradually sails he has climbed to a suitable height, heslowly pushes the wheel from him, until the ma-chine acquires a horizontal line of flight. Ifstruck by a slight air-current on the side, it willcause the machine to tilt in a dangerous overco
. St. Nicholas [serial]. Copyright by H. M. Benner. GLEN H. CURTISS FLYING OVER LAKE KEUKA, NEAR HAMMONDSP^RT, NEW YORK. ? tion first propels the machine over the ground,and when it has attained a speed of twenty-fiveor thirty miles an hour, the operator pulls thewheel toward him, thus elevating the front rud-der, and the machine gradually sails he has climbed to a suitable height, heslowly pushes the wheel from him, until the ma-chine acquires a horizontal line of flight. Ifstruck by a slight air-current on the side, it willcause the machine to tilt in a dangerous overcome this, the aviator leans in the oppo-site direction from that in which the machine istipping, this action arranging the ailerons so thatthe one on the low side tilts up, causing that sideto rise, and the one on the high side tilts down,causing that side to lower. When he is ready to descend, he pushes thewheel away from him, tilting the elevator down-ward, and the machine then swoops within several fee
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