 This flight lasted only 12 seconds but it was nevertheless the first in the history of the world in which a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed and had finally...  Astronautics and Aeronautics - Page 4121964Full view - About this book
 | 1918 - 708 pages
...world in which a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed, and...at a point as high as that from which it started. With the assistance of our visitors we carried the machine back to the track and prepared for another... | |
 | John Lord - 1924 - 1012 pages
...history of the world in which a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed, and...finally landed at a point as high as that from which it had started. Wilbur flew at twenty minutes after eleven, covering more ground but staying a second... | |
 | Thomas Hart Kennedy - 1924 - 218 pages
...world in which a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed, and...finally landed at a point as high as that from which it had started." (Aircraft Year Book, 1921.) And that is all there was to it. But the Wright Brothers... | |
 | 1927 - 842 pages
...in which a machine, carrying a man, had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed, and...at a point as high as that from which it started. Aeronautical Education By ALEXANDER KLEXIIN Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, College of Engineering.... | |
 | 1927 - 226 pages
...in which a machine, carrying a man, had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed, and...at a point as high as that from which it started. Aeronautical Education By ALEXANDER KLEMI.V DanitJ Onggenheim SchiH.l of Aeronautic*, College of Kngineering.... | |
 | 1928 - 718 pages
...world in which a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed, and...at a point as high as that from which it started." No silk-hatted, frock-coated observers were present at that flight — no corps of cameramen, no inquiring... | |
 | 1948 - 918 pages
...world in which a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed and...at a point as high as that from which it started. A little later in the day the machine was caught in a gust of wind and turned over and smashed, almost... | |
 | Loyd S. Swenson, James M. Grimwood, Charles C. Alexander - 1966 - 712 pages
...world in which a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed, and...at a point as high as that from which it started." 0 Although few people realized it at the time, practicable heavier-than-air flight had become a reality.... | |
 | 1964 - 632 pages
...world in which a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed, and...at a point as high as that from which it started.' Soaring Society of America presented to Wright Memorial Museum and Visitor's Center a plaque commemorating... | |
 | 1964 - 1368 pages
...world in which a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed, and...at a point as high as that from which it started.' Soaring Society of America presented to Wright Memorial Museum and Visitor's Center a plaque commemorating... | |
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