Captain Roy N. Francis, one of the best-known American pilots, flying over New York.
The most successful flying experiment, which in 1908 made many successful ascensions. The plane was…
An illustration of an airplane model with an automatic rudder. "a a, Elastic [airplane]; b b, Automatic…
An illustration of Langley's flying machine. A, Large airplane; b, small airplane; c, propelling screws.
A diagram of wing airplane illustrating the skeleton. The shape of the wing creates a lift—draft…
Airplane flying almost sideway, called sideslip. The plane enters sideslip by lowering the wing and…
A sideslip of the plane with the rudder turned left so that the plane flying sideways with the nose…
The airplane is flying with the elevator depressed and rudder turned to recover the plane to the upright…
The illustration of the plane creating wash in and washout to reduce the lift distribution across the…
The illustration shows the airplane's fin, or keel surface. The fin of the airplane is located on the…
A diagram illustrating the airplane's angle of incidence at axis A, direction of motion and thrust.
The diagram illustrating the plane's angle of incidence pointing down at the motion axis. The plan will…
An airplane flying above the show illustrating the aerodynamics of the plane with the tail wing at the…
A plane flying above land illustrating the use of ailerons to adjust the angle of incidence to adjust…
A propeller airplane with rudder, elevator, and ailerons. The rudder stabilizes the plane vertical,…
An illustration of the plane flying over land from point A to B by flying the plane with the direction…
A pilot's cockpit from a propeller aeroplane, or airplane. The diagram illustrates the different parts…
Illustration of a propeller aeroplane, or airplane, with lower tail in flight.
The propeller airplane, or aeroplane, design in fast landing. This design requires a large landing area…
A design of the propeller airplane, or aeroplane, in flight with a higher tail to create an angle of…
A propeller airplane, or aeroplane, design with a high tail. This design creates a larger angle of incidence…
"As the bottom of the surface meets the air, it compresses it and accelerates it downwards. As a result…
An airplane wing free body diagram illustrating forces acting on the wing.
A motion diagram of the aeroplane, or airplane, illustrating the plane's direction to create thrust…
A Dunne aeroplane, or airplane, design. the V shape plane stabilizes by having a V shaped depression…
An illustration of stabilizing the plane by setting the back wing at less angle of incidence than the…
The illustration of the plane descending while spiraling down. The radius of the spiral spin is getting…
An illustration of the plane's centers of gravity, lift drift and thrust to effectively glide the plane…
The diagram illustrating an approximate angle of flying an aeroplane, or airplane, flying upside down…
A dihedral board on an aeroplane, or airplane, for stability. The boards are raised on short legs over…
"Mount it upon a shaft, which must be on ball—bearings. Place the propeller in a horizontal position,…
An illustration of weighing the propeller of the aeroplane to ensure it is balanced with the opposite…
The illustration of an aeroplane, or airplane, propeller being balanced by using surface area testing.…
"The chamber (curvature) of the blades should be (1) equal, (2) decrease evenly towards the tips of…
A plan for pusher aeroplane, or airplanes. The propeller of the pusher plane is located behind the cockpit…
A propeller airplane plan illustrating the proper location of the skeleton and placement of the wires…
A top view plan of a propeller aeroplane, or airplane. The plan shows the proper ribs and skeleton for…
A pusher aeroplane plan illustrating the proper ribbing and wiring for the plane. The wires are used…
A side view plan of a propeller aeroplane for two people. The plan illustrates the the proper location…
This is an early design of a future airplane, the landing apparatus features two sets of wheels.
Any of various winged vehicles capable of flight, generally heavier than air and driven by jet engines…
A vehicle that sustains itself in and propels itself through the air; an airplane, helicopter, glider,…
A fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water. Seaplanes which can also…
An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due…
An aircraft capable of flight using forward motion that generates lift as the wing moves through the…