Our country and its resources; . AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF THE CURTISS FLYING BOATSO horse-power engine; speed in air, CO miles an hour; speed on water, 50 to 60 miles an hour OUB COUNTRY AND ITS RESOURCES. (Photo E. L. Ovington) FRONT VIEW OF THE 50 H. P. GNOMEROTARY, AIR-COOLED MOTOR hull, which could be reached fromthe bow-car by means of a stairwayenclosed in a chimney, enabled theairship commander to navigate byastronomical observation. While private enterprise thus de-veloped the air-liner the (ierman mil-itary authorities created the air-cruiser a Zeppelin in which thepleasant cabin-car holds
Our country and its resources; . AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF THE CURTISS FLYING BOATSO horse-power engine; speed in air, CO miles an hour; speed on water, 50 to 60 miles an hour OUB COUNTRY AND ITS RESOURCES. (Photo E. L. Ovington) FRONT VIEW OF THE 50 H. P. GNOMEROTARY, AIR-COOLED MOTOR hull, which could be reached fromthe bow-car by means of a stairwayenclosed in a chimney, enabled theairship commander to navigate byastronomical observation. While private enterprise thus de-veloped the air-liner the (ierman mil-itary authorities created the air-cruiser a Zeppelin in which thepleasant cabin-car holds bombs ofthe explosive and incendiary kindand mounts machine guns, and late-ly, even small quick-firers for ward-bag off enemy aeroplanes. Outside of Germany the value ofthe rigid air-cruiser with its greatrange and carrying capacity waseither overlooked or contested, al-though in 1912 the first naval Zep-pelin covered on it- trial run a dis-tance of 1,200 miles in 31 hours,with a crew of and a wirelessoutfit carrying 200 mile-. When the war broke oul the Alliespossessed only pressure airships oflew range and slew speed as com-pared to the dozen Zeppelins tier-many was able to line up: thi
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