id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 907 Jackman, William J. (William James) Flying Machines: Construction and Operation A Practical Book Which Shows, in Illustrations, Working Plans and Text, How to Build and Navigate the Modern Airship .txt text/plain 52326 2872 71 square feet of surface will sustain the weight of an average-sized man, In ascending, the glider and flying machine, like the bird, makes an planes or carrying surfaces shall lift the flying machine into the air. for the two planes, gives a total surface area of 538 square feet, Motors for flying machines must be light in weight, of great strength, natural consequence flying machine operators favor the motor of greatest In a machine like the Curtiss the area of wind-exposed surface is about Curtiss machine with its 258 square feet of surface, weighing only 600 the Wright machine with 538 square feet of surface and weighing 1,100 Actually, the Wright machine had a speed of 38 miles per hour, Biplane.--A flying-machine of the glider type with two surface planes. Monoplane.--Flying machine with one supporting, or surface plane. Multiplane.--Flying machine with more than three surface planes. Triplane.--Flying machine with three surface planes. ./cache/907.txt ./txt/907.txt