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1911
1911 - 0305.PDF
APRIL 8, 1911. i/Qc^n AEROPLANE UNDER-CARRIAGES AT OLYMPIA. No better example of the manner in which practical con siderations relating to matters of an entirely extraneous character often affect the direct solution of theoretical problems could easily be found than may be observed in the influence of the under-carriage on the evolution of the flying machine. It is true, of course, that aeroplanes must always alight on terra firma sooner or later, but the ability to do so gracefully and harmlessly might at first have been far more conveniently deferred to a later date had it been possible to do so, in those days when the ability of a machine to fly at all was the main question of importance. However, nowadays the marked success of passenger-carrying vehicles of the air, and the rapidly increasing evidences of a more or less immediate definite utility in aerial navigation, demand the fitting of perfected landing arrangements, and the time and care bestowed upon the design of the under-carriage no UNDERCARRIAGES AT OLYMPIA.—The Sanders and Valkyrie varieties of the girder skid. HOWAf\D -WRIGHT BIPLANE UNDER-GA RRIAGES AT OLYMPIA.—A comparison in tail skid construction. "Flight" Copyright. UNDER-CARRIAGES AT OLYMPIA.—The tail skids and the wheels and front skids of the Wright Baby. 307 c
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