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...plane was the DH-108, a jet-propelled, tailless aircraft shaped like a sting ray. Captain De Havilland's purpose was: 1) to study problems of control in aircraft with swept-back wings (in preparation for a transatlantic airliner which is being built by his father's company); 2) to advance Britain's supremacy in aircraftsmanship by breaking the British-held world's speed record (616 m.p.h...
...first flight in a Maurice Farman "Longhorn," with his doubled-up knees interfering with the "handlebars" that worked the ailerons, he could understand why the War Office had almost turned him down at first glance. For the airplanes at that stage of the War -the Avros, Moranes, Bristol Bullets, DH 4's-were designed with little thought for the comfort or convenience of the men who flew them. Like the prehistoric pterodactyl, which they somewhat resembled in appearance, most of these types are extinct now, were being supplanted before the War was over. Gaunt, unstable contraptions, held together with...
...Dana '33 (DH) defeated A. Cox, Jr. '34 12-15, 17-15, 18-14, 15-10; R. F. Evans '33 (DH) defeated S. E. Davenport, 3d '34, 15-12, 17-15, 15-12; C. M. Nichols '32 (DH) defeated J. N. Field '34 15-12, 15-12, 10-15, 6-15, 15-9; F. E. Poor '34 defeated A. F. Wadsworth '31 (DH) 15-6, 15-13, 11-15, 15-9; Appel (DH) defeated Nichols...
...easy victory over the Freshman Class D team the Dunster House team defeated the Freshman 4 to 1. The hardest fought match was between J. W. Appel '32 (DH) and Acosta Nichols...
...them a startling confirmation of his theory. For in all these tongues, offsprings of the ancient Indo-European parent, the less "conspicuous" sounds are the more frequent. Thus "t" occupies about 7 per cent in all these languages, "d" about 3, 1-2 per cent; the very "conspicuous" "dh" is rarest of all dentals...