St Nicholas [serial] . out-spread. The next craft is perhaps a complicatedarrangement of planes of no registered type,while the craft made familiar by the photographsof the famous aviators are perfectly reproduced. The thrill of an aeroplane race is a sensationpeculiarly its own. It seems so astonishing thatthe graceful little craft should remain aloft at all,that they are a never-failing delight to the varying fortunes of the race, the temporarylead gained by one craft, to be lost the next mo-ment to another, which a second later itself fallsbehind, and the final heat between the surv
St Nicholas [serial] . out-spread. The next craft is perhaps a complicatedarrangement of planes of no registered type,while the craft made familiar by the photographsof the famous aviators are perfectly reproduced. The thrill of an aeroplane race is a sensationpeculiarly its own. It seems so astonishing thatthe graceful little craft should remain aloft at all,that they are a never-failing delight to the varying fortunes of the race, the temporarylead gained by one craft, to be lost the next mo-ment to another, which a second later itself fallsbehind, and the final heat between the survivorsin the race as they approach the goal, are enoughto drive the average boy crazy with delight. The rules for these contests are rigidly ob-served. Each air-craft is sent aloft by its in-ventor or owner. The start must be made froma mark, and of course each boy must toe the markexactly. There must be three judges for eachevent. One stands at the starting-line and givesthe word of command for the start of the race or. A MODEL TO BE PROUD OF. flight, as the case may be. A second judge standsmidway down the course, and the third at or nearthe finishing-line. Each young aviator winds uphis craft, adjusts the power with his own hands,and sets the rudder for the flight. The miniature air-craft must act in flightexactly the same as the great working air-craftwhich carry men aloft. A toy air-ship must makeits flight in a horizontal position, and if it turnsover in flight, even though it flies farther andfaster than any other, it is disqualified. The craftmust also fly in a reasonably straight line towardthe goal, and should it be deflected for any reasonand go off at a tangent, the flight, no matter howsuccessful otherwise, will not be counted. In caseof a collision between air-craft, the race is re-peated. The responsibility for adjusting thepower, arranging the steering-gear, and givingdirection to the flight at the start is entirely inthe hands of the young engineer himself. In m
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