Famous airmen and their equipment [electronic resource] : with some notes on first-aid in emergencies . lienthal sprang intothe air from a littletower. He faced thewind and regulated hiscentre of gravity byinstinctive movementsof the body and legs. His glides, of which he accomplished more than athousand, some being on biplanes, emphasised thehuman element in flight. He taught that theproblem was not merely one for the engineer and themechanician. The airman must learn the way of theair by close observation of the only living creatureswho knew it. The sea-gull must teach him to balance,and the
Famous airmen and their equipment [electronic resource] : with some notes on first-aid in emergencies . lienthal sprang intothe air from a littletower. He faced thewind and regulated hiscentre of gravity byinstinctive movementsof the body and legs. His glides, of which he accomplished more than athousand, some being on biplanes, emphasised thehuman element in flight. He taught that theproblem was not merely one for the engineer and themechanician. The airman must learn the way of theair by close observation of the only living creatureswho knew it. The sea-gull must teach him to balance,and the eagle to soar. Sinclair Pilcher in England, Octave Chanute inAmerica and later Captain Ferber on the sand dunesof Berck-sur-Mer, continued Lilienthals interestingexperiments. It would be difficult to exaggerate thevalue of the contribution made by the gliders to theevolution of flight. Nor must the box-kite be forgotten, and the pioneerwork of Lawrence Hargraves in New South power-driven models flew to a height of 800 feet,and probably suggested the form of Santos Dumontsfirst PRIER Pierre Prier is a Frenchman who came to England to act as instructorat the Bleriot School at Hendon. During the motor show, iqio, he flew overOlympia, and subsequently from London to Paris without a stop, using onboth occasions a Bleriot monoplane. He has recently joined the staff ofthe British and Colonial Aeroplane Company at Bristol. He reports asfollows :— La trousse que vous mavez fournie ma servi trois ou quatre fois deja. Elle est cependant encore suffisamment garnie pour un certain temps;jai lintention de la laisser dans la voiture automobile de mes mecanicienspour le prix du Daily Mail. Je prefererais done que vous men adressiez une autre pour mettre surmon appareil ; ces trousses Tabloid sont en effet excessivement pratiques. Je vous prie dagreer, Messieurs, mes salutations empressees.
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