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Page 536
... Flying Pogo Stick : the 300 - pound Hiller Rotorcycle This amazing machine approaches man's dream of strapping wings on his back and flying like a bird . Will the future commuter travel in this fashion ? Not for a long time , if ever ...
... Flying Pogo Stick : the 300 - pound Hiller Rotorcycle This amazing machine approaches man's dream of strapping wings on his back and flying like a bird . Will the future commuter travel in this fashion ? Not for a long time , if ever ...
Page 551
... flying school in Fort Worth , Texas , I learned more about the knacks and hazards of high flying . " A little wind is useful , " an instructor ex- plained . " But along mountainsides a pilot must constantly look out for up - and - down ...
... flying school in Fort Worth , Texas , I learned more about the knacks and hazards of high flying . " A little wind is useful , " an instructor ex- plained . " But along mountainsides a pilot must constantly look out for up - and - down ...
Page 556
... flying platforms and tilt - wing planes . Gustafson shook his head . " Many kinds of planes are being built to take off straight up like a helicopter and to fly forward much faster . But the copter will stay with us . It's essentially a ...
... flying platforms and tilt - wing planes . Gustafson shook his head . " Many kinds of planes are being built to take off straight up like a helicopter and to fly forward much faster . But the copter will stay with us . It's essentially a ...
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A TROPICAL BIT OF FRANCE 255 | vi |
FIRST CROSSINGS OF THE ENDS OF THE EARTH | 1 |
THE ARCTIC AS A SEA ROUTE OF THE FUTURE | 21 |
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