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Identifier: outing63newy (find matches)
Title: Outing
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Leisure Sports Travel
Publisher: (New York : Outing Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
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TRAVELING ON THE LAND THE FLYING HO AT 69 hour, and if then found leaking, theywill he disqualified. In a calm, ma-chines under full load must rise withina quarter of a mile, and get to an alti-tude of 1,640 feet in less than twenty-five minutes. Only machines fulfilling these testsare allowed to compete for prizes of$20,000 for starting from rough sea, severe requirements specified. They areespecially interesting in the matter ofarmament; the machine, which musthave an enclosed body, must protect bothaviators and engine with chrome steelarmor, about .075 inches thick, subjectto the Ordnance Department penetra-tion test for small arm fire before beingput on the aeroplane. There must be
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SHOWING HOW THE BOAT RIDES THE SURFACE OF THE WATER speed, varying speeds (two trips at high-est and two at lowest rate), endurance,starting and dismantling, and assemblingand alighting from a warship. If any-thing were needed to remove the navalaeroplane at once and forever from theclass of toys in the mind of the citi-zen, it would be reading these verybusinesslike requirements made—and met—by a nation that is nothing if not se-verely practical, especially in the matterof spending money. Our own government, while it hasno such naval requirements, is in themarket for three military scout aero-planes of any type that will meet the the customary instruments and radio-equipment, the radio apparatus to be ofa special design furnished by the SignalCorps. It must carry two people, eachto have a large field of observation,either to be able to use the control. Besides four hours fuel, instrumentsand equipment, the machine must carrya live load of 450 pounds to at least2,000 feet in ten m

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