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  2. Talk : Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

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    Still not sure that the Annakin reference is all that notable - the type was selected (apparently by Wheeler himself) because it was the same general layout (pusher with a fore elevator) but had a reputation for good flying characteristics, which the American types most certainly did not - the Wright in particular having been so unstable as to ...

  3. Flight control surfaces - Wikipedia

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    Basic aircraft control surfaces and motion. A)aileron B)control stick C)elevator D)rudder. Aircraft flight control surfaces are aerodynamic devices allowing a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft's flight attitude. Development of an effective set of flight control surfaces was a critical advance in the development of aircraft.

  4. Elevator (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    Elevators' effect on pitch Elevator and pitch trim tab of a light aircraft. Elevators are flight control surfaces, usually at the rear of an aircraft, which control the aircraft's pitch, and therefore the angle of attack and the lift of the wing. The elevators are usually hinged to the tailplane or horizontal stabilizer.

  5. List of Thunderbirds vehicles - Wikipedia

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    Elevator Cars: built for use at airports to enable stricken aircraft to land safely by way of being manoeuvred beneath a plane to act as a substitute for landing gear. [36] Used in "Trapped in the Sky". [31] [37] Excavator: a high-powered rock-crushing machine similar in design to the DOMO. It is used to clear rough terrain or unblock caves ...

  6. List of human-powered aircraft - Wikipedia

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    300 yards at 4 feet. Elevator not used. Yuri I HPH Japan: 1994: Helicopter: Akira Naito, Nihon Aero Student Group (NASG) Duration 19.5 s, height 0.2 m Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft: Germany: 1934: Engelbert Zaschka: Zephyrus β: Japan: 1997: Ochanomizu Human-powered aircraft study group: Japanese female record set under the FAI rules, 1.004 km ...

  7. Horatio Frederick Phillips - Wikipedia

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    A specially made replica of the 1904 machine appears in the opening sequences of the 1965 film Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines. 1907 Flying Machine. His 1907 Multiplane, which had 200 individual airfoils and was powered by a 22 hp (16 kW) engine driving a 7 ft (2.1 m) propeller achieved a 500 ft (150 m) flight on 6 April 1907.

  8. Talk:Flying Machines Which Do Not Fly - Wikipedia

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    A fact from Flying Machines Which Do Not Fly appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 September 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: The text of the entry was as follows:

  9. Leonardo's aerial screw - Wikipedia

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    The "aerial screw" was one of several aerial machines drawn by Leonardo, including an early parachute, an ornithopter and a hang glider. The pen-and-ink sketch outlines an idea for a flying machine similar to a modern helicopter , with a spiral rotor or "aerial screw" based on a water screw , but intended to push against the fluid of the air ...