The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 58National Geographic Society, 1931 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 207
... flying at sea level the speed of an airplane can be checked in approximate terms if the barometric pressure is known . However , we were to fly over a high plateau ranging in height from about 8,000 to 11,000 feet . We would not know ...
... flying at sea level the speed of an airplane can be checked in approximate terms if the barometric pressure is known . However , we were to fly over a high plateau ranging in height from about 8,000 to 11,000 feet . We would not know ...
Page 311
... flying expedition over a strip of this unex- plored land in the northeast corner of the island of Luzon , largest of the Philip- pines , on the west coast of which Manila is located . We set out one sunny morn- ing with three Army ...
... flying expedition over a strip of this unex- plored land in the northeast corner of the island of Luzon , largest of the Philip- pines , on the west coast of which Manila is located . We set out one sunny morn- ing with three Army ...
Page 315
... FLYING LABORATORY AIDS WORK Our photographic work was greatly aided by a portable flying laboratory which we brought along in the bomber . We set this up in the field under a tent soon after landing and prepared to make tests of our ...
... FLYING LABORATORY AIDS WORK Our photographic work was greatly aided by a portable flying laboratory which we brought along in the bomber . We set this up in the field under a tent soon after landing and prepared to make tests of our ...
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Château LandFrances Pageant on the Loire 10 illustrations in color 466 | 272 |
Color Cameras First Aërial Success By MELVILLE BELL GROSVENOR 9 illustrations | 344 |
Gigantic Brazil and Its Glittering Capital By FREDERICK SIMPICH__ 733 | 385 |
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