. St. Nicholas [serial]. aneis made of wood, bamboo, steel tubing, wire,cloth, and light metal. castings and planes are made of curved ribs, braced andheld together by wooden beams and fine planes, or wings, are then covered on oneor both sides with silk or canvas especially pre-pared or treated with rubber or a similar sub-stance. All wires or cables are fitted with smallturnbuckles to enable a person to wire the ma-chine true and hold it rigid in that or loosen the wires in an aeroplane, and itwould be useless, so you can appreciate the valueof this sm
. St. Nicholas [serial]. aneis made of wood, bamboo, steel tubing, wire,cloth, and light metal. castings and planes are made of curved ribs, braced andheld together by wooden beams and fine planes, or wings, are then covered on oneor both sides with silk or canvas especially pre-pared or treated with rubber or a similar sub-stance. All wires or cables are fitted with smallturnbuckles to enable a person to wire the ma-chine true and hold it rigid in that or loosen the wires in an aeroplane, and itwould be useless, so you can appreciate the valueof this small item. America has produced two successful aero-planes—the Wright and the Curtiss—both ofwhich are biplanes. France is apparently partialto the monoplane, having produced numeroustypes that have met with brilliant success. Fore-most of her airmen was Bleriot, who, in 1909, wasthe first to succeed in making an aeroplane cross-ing of the English Channel, a distance of twenty-two miles. He used a monoplane of his own. A WRIGHT BIPLANE IN FLIGHT (NEW TYPE).Showing the vertical and horizontal rudder in the rear. much steadier flier than the biplane, owing to itsdecreased head-resistance. Many aviators alsoclaim that the former is easier to handle and con-trol during flight. Designers and builders are constantly makingchanges in their measurements, and placement ofcontrols, so that it is difficult to keep pace with
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