Word: wingspread
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...statue, by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, represents a soldier, standing on an eagle, holding a crusader's sword in his right hand. The soldier will be 15 ft. high, the eagle's wingspread...
...Harvard I" is of the biplane type, with a wingspread of 24 feet and a supporting surface of 200 square feet. The controlling elevators are the feature of the machine, and present 35 square feet of surface. The workmanship throughout is of spruce, hollowed for lightness and laminated for strength. The weight of the framework is about 150 pounds, and of the engine and propellor 200 pounds, making the total weight of machine and operator about 525 pounds, the lightest biplane ever built. The engine is four-cylinder, air-cooled, and will develop 30 horsepower...