Word: gears
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...brought his plane careening to earth. Just as the review was starting, S. O. S. calls sent rescue squads dashing, up a nearby valley to extricate fallen aviators from the shrubbery. Two second-hand Spads collided while taking off in front of the grandstand, a fifth smashed its landing gear while landing, nosed over...
...disengaged from the engine. Bicycle makers long ago incorporated this principle in the "coaster" brake. In the automobile it amounts to an automatic shifting to neutral whenever the engine threatens to act as a brake on the car. When the engine is desired as a brake aid, an auxiliary gear is ready for the purpose on the new Studebaker...
...vertical axis. Each wing is equipped with a propeller, shaft-driven by a central Wasp motor mounted horizontally in the axis. Also to each wing is rigged a controllable "flipper," comparable to an aileron. Beneath the entire assembly is a tiny two-place gondola with nearly conventional controls, landing gear, rudder...
Only one markedly radical design was shown: George Fernics "tandem" monoplane with its three-wheel landing gear. Of low-wing sport type, the plane has a small auxiliary wing mounted in the fore of the fuselage which, by stalling earlier than the main wing, reduces the chances of complete involuntary stalling and spinning. The third wheel, mounted beneath the nose, places the ship in constant flying position, also prevents nosing over...
...firm of Sanderson & Porter, whose clients include Federal Light & Traction Co., Na tional Distillers Products Corp., American Sumatra Tobacco Corp., American Water Works & Electric Co. Mr. Coburn's special ability has been enlisted before now by the directorates of R. Hoe & Co. (printing presses), Savage Arms Corp., International Gear Co. During the War he ran the Navy's aircraft factory in Philadelphia. After that he was with Bethlehem Ship building Corp. Born in Duluth 55 years ago, he was schooled at Annapolis...