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Word: radially (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...using wing slots on which he has a patent, without his warrant. The Curtiss company is expected to file counteraction claiming infringement of six basic patents by Handley Page in his ship. Both planes are biplanes, the Tanager a three-place enclosed ship with Curtiss Challenger 176 h.p. radial air-cooled motor. In addition to its slots, it has wing flaps, which vary the camber, or apparent thickness of the wing, and (the main feature) floating ailerons, which automatically assume a position parallel to air currents made by the plane in flight. The pilot can work the ailerons by hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Foolproof? | 1/6/1930 | See Source »

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