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Page 269
... hour and carry , for at least one hour , a passenger in addition to the pilot . Orville's earlier test flights in 1908 had established the machine's potential . He had flown solo for more than an hour , and for lesser periods he had ...
... hour and carry , for at least one hour , a passenger in addition to the pilot . Orville's earlier test flights in 1908 had established the machine's potential . He had flown solo for more than an hour , and for lesser periods he had ...
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... hour 12 minutes and 37 sec- onds . Three days later he carried Lt. Ben- jamin D. Foulois on a cross - country speed trial , averaging 42.58 miles per hour . Conditions of the contract had been bril- liantly fulfilled , and a special ...
... hour 12 minutes and 37 sec- onds . Three days later he carried Lt. Ben- jamin D. Foulois on a cross - country speed trial , averaging 42.58 miles per hour . Conditions of the contract had been bril- liantly fulfilled , and a special ...
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... hour jaunt was over , I felt as if my back had been split and my stomach turned inside out . The elephant can neither gallop , nor canter , nor trot ; it can only walk . Its cruising speed is about four miles an hour . It can charge at ...
... hour jaunt was over , I felt as if my back had been split and my stomach turned inside out . The elephant can neither gallop , nor canter , nor trot ; it can only walk . Its cruising speed is about four miles an hour . It can charge at ...
Contents
Flight to Adventure Flying Their Own Singleengine Plane a Daring | v |
To the Men at South Pole Station By Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd | 1 |
Fledgling Wings of the Air Force By Thomas W McKnew | 266 |
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