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...other Fishers, the world of mechanics is understandable, governed by ineluctable laws of physics. The Fishers have learned these laws well and by their aid gained gold. But it was quite another world which Brother Lawrence faced last week, a world strange and unaccountably called Art. Upon its vague terrain, he was nonplussed, vexed. That is why he cried, "Hell's ringing bells...
...motive force gliders use air currents which swell over hilly terrain. Dune country, such as that near Chicago and off the Carolinas, is best for gliding. Knolls, ranges or terraces should slope toward the prevailing wind. One knoll should be 50 to 200 feet above all. And all should be bare of poles, trees, shrubs or other obstructions...
...glider is yanked into a 10 to 15 m. p. h. wind, which supplies lift. Thereafter it is the pilot's job to jockey his plane upon the air currents ascending over the rolling terrain. Air usually rises to twice the height of an obstruction. If the pilot can get above a cloud he has an easy time. Wind always rushes up over the edge of a cloud. And the up-moving air is what the glider pilot wants...
Smoke Clouds. Near Stuttgart, Germany, guns spit up bombs; the bombs burst in air and from them spread wide layers of smoke clouds. Flyers in planes could not see terrain or buildings below the smoke. The device seemed a good protection to the Germans against an inimical air attack...
Bamberger's Department Store, in Newark, N. J., last week extended a store "service." From now on it will be possible for residents of 297 towns and cities in 1,218 square miles of surrounding terrain to telephone Bamberger's free (of toll charges. The number: Long Distance, OOOI...