Flying Machines: Construction And Operation; a Practical book Which Shows, in Illustrations, Working Plans And Text, How to Build And Navigate the Modern Airship

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Octave Chanute was a railway engineer and aviation pioneer. He helped brothers Wright to advertise their flying experiments. He devoted his life to aviation. In 1893 Chanute organized a very successful International Conference on Aerial Navigation. Chanute was the first to invent "strut-wire" braced wing structure that would be used in powered biplanes of the future. Chanute communicated with many aviation pioneers, always seeking for new information. “Flying machines: construction and operatio

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n…” is the perfect work on building and navigating airships. The book contains a lot of descriptive illustrations and detailed explanations.

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