Aeroplane Contests at Rheims
Incidents of the race: Several times collisions in midair were narrowly averted, and whenever two machines passed both rocked perceptibly like ships in a sea in each other's wake. The wind f... Read allIncidents of the race: Several times collisions in midair were narrowly averted, and whenever two machines passed both rocked perceptibly like ships in a sea in each other's wake. The wind from Delagrange's propeller while passing below Latham seemed to create a vacuum and Latham... Read allIncidents of the race: Several times collisions in midair were narrowly averted, and whenever two machines passed both rocked perceptibly like ships in a sea in each other's wake. The wind from Delagrange's propeller while passing below Latham seemed to create a vacuum and Latham s machine fell forward plunging down a hundred feet. Just as it reached the ground, howev... Read all