Value of gliding to scientific research laboratories and in training of future commercial pilots; principle of static soaring; best locations; idealized forms of gustiness of wind; most gliders of wood; question of type of wing settled in favor of monoplane; single-track landing gear; gliders equipped with rudder, aileron, and elevator control like airplanes; instruments used; possibility of fitting glider with small auxiliary engine. Lecture presented before Franklin Inst., Feb. 10, 1927.


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    Title :

    Soaring flight


    Additional title:

    Smithsonian Inst. -- Publication


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    21 pages


    Remarks:

    11 Plates


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Soaring flight and soaring aircraft

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