. Journal of electricity . 360 JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY [Vol. 45—No. 8. In the inspection of drainage areas, the investigation of snowfall conditions, the mapiiine of precipitous regions, and the speedy transportation ofmen and supplies, the airplane bids fair to become an important factor in hydroelectric development in the West. This vievp, reproduced bycourtesy of the Photographic Section of the U. S. Air Service, shows the upper drainage on the west fork of Kings River. Airplane Costs in Hydro-Electric Work BY ERNEST W. DICHMAN (Economies in hydroelectric construction work will mean much to
. Journal of electricity . 360 JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY [Vol. 45—No. 8. In the inspection of drainage areas, the investigation of snowfall conditions, the mapiiine of precipitous regions, and the speedy transportation ofmen and supplies, the airplane bids fair to become an important factor in hydroelectric development in the West. This vievp, reproduced bycourtesy of the Photographic Section of the U. S. Air Service, shows the upper drainage on the west fork of Kings River. Airplane Costs in Hydro-Electric Work BY ERNEST W. DICHMAN (Economies in hydroelectric construction work will mean much to the West in carrying out itstremendous power program of the next ten years. That the use of airplanes in this workcan be not a visionary impossibility, but a practical business venture, in safety, reliability,speed and lowered costs, is brought out in the following article by the chief of Structures andAerodynamics Branch of the Engineering Division of the U. S. Air Service.—The Editor.) In 1909 when Orville and Wilbur Wright firstmade a successful attempt at fli
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