File:Airfare of to-day and of the future (1918) (14598241969).jpg

Identifier: airfareoftodayof00midd (find matches)
Title: Airfare of to-day and of the future
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Middleton, Edgar Charles, 1894- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Aeronautics Aeronautics, Military
Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ayor of London in the presence of someof the most famous men in England and the Colonies)the chief parts of the machines are constructed andthe machines themselves assembled. In one of thelong galleries the women and girls, in their whiteoveralls, cheerfully apply themselves to the wood-work, while in the other gallery are skilled work-men each concentrated on his particular job. On the ground floor many employees skilled invarious handicrafts are at work assembling thenumerous parts which, fitting together with mathe-matical exactitude, compose the wonderful mechan-ical birds. It is always a matter of great interest to thevisitor to see the accomplished and highly finishedworkmanship contained in an aeroplane. Every-thing is of the best. During the various stages of manufacture thedifferent parts are tested in a most exacting manner,but it is at the aerodrome that, after careful inspec-tion as a complete machine, the final test is made. The pilot sits in the aeroplane, his sharp eyes
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H Cm w 55 <U o w<j og HO Cm*H £ OO enO Si THE NEW DOMINION 49 noting everything, his ears listening intently to thestroke of the engine. At a given signal the blocksare withdrawn from the wheels. The aeroplane taxies along the ground, then rises into the air,climbing quickly and easily, as though delighted todemonstrate its power at last. For a short while it appears to be travelling rightaway: presently it returns and, under skilfulguidance, wheels and darts, climbs and dives, per-forming every evolution to the great satisfaction ofthe pilot, who, after light-heartedly u looping theloop, alights and confirms the impression alreadygiven to the spectators below. Such then is a glance over the Whitehead AircraftWorks and Aerodrome, where, ever realizing thatthe best work as well as the best material must beput into aircraft, the founder, whose strong per-sonality permeates the whole establishment, hasalways made the welfare of his employees a matterof first consideration, and has

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