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Updated: June 27, 2025
Billy shouted this comment at the top of his voice, so as to be heard by the others above the roar of the engine. Far below them spread out like the figures on a carpet they could see the plain; with its big crowd massed in one corner and dozens of tiny figures scuttling about so as to get a better view of the air-craft by getting right underneath it. "Watch, I'm going to give them a scare."
Almost before he could have time to alter his elevating plane, and certainly long before he could reach open ground, he would be on the tree-tops. It is thought that in the near future air-craft will be fitted with two or more motors, so that when one fails the other will keep the machine on its course. This has been found necessary in Zeppelin air-ships.
We know now that such an aeroplane is not likely to be of practical use, but with quiet persistence Bleriot kept to his task, and succeeded in evolving the famous Antoinette monoplane, which more closely resembles a bird than does any other form of air-craft.
It was a new type, designed for the Daily Mail Hydroplane Race round Great Britain, but at the time of the accident had a land chassis instead of floats. The wind at the time of the accident was about 10 miles per hour. At about 200 feet from the ground the air-craft buckled up and fell to the ground.
The biplane, too, is better adapted for observation work, which is, after all, the chief use of air-craft. The coming of the motor engine made events move rapidly in the world of aviation. About the year 1906 people's attention was drawn to France, where Santos Dumont was carrying out the wonderful experiments which we have already described.
He turned away; and still without appearance of haste he drew Wolfgar, Elza and me to the balcony. Together we stood gazing over the lights of the city below us. A cloudless, starry sky. Empty of air-craft; but to the north just below the horizon, we knew that the line of war vessels was hovering. Even now, doubtless, they had their orders to descend upon us.
After a run of about five hundred feet a shout arose from the crowd as the Buzzard left the ground and suddenly shot upward. The next minute she was followed closely by the Golden Eagle. A thrill of excitement swept through the throng as the two aeroplanes almost simultaneously rose. Another air-craft, and then another, closely followed by a third, took off after the first two.
One of the main causes of aeroplane accidents has been the breakage of some part of the machine while in the air, due to defective work in its construction. There is no doubt that air-craft are far more trustworthy now than they were two or three years ago. Builders have learned from the mistakes of their predecessors as well as profited by their own.
A bomb dropped upon the huge flying machine would have blown her to pieces. Or, with a gun, he could have picked off one after another of the five people below. "Stand out of the way, there!" commanded Ford. Instantly those upon the larger air-craft saw a figure swing down from the framework of the airship above their heads.
"The only thing that surprises me" turning to their guide "is that you use your legs for their original purpose." Estra smiled, and pointed out something standing a few feet away. It was a small, shuttle-shaped air-craft, with clear glass sides which had actually made them overlook it at first.
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