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The driver of a modern-type aeroplane, sitting snugly within its hull, has a wheel and instrument-board before him, as sketched. As he flies across country he has many things to think of. Holding the control-wheel in both hands, his feet resting upon the rudder-bar, his eyes rove constantly among the instruments [Pg 163]on the dashboard before him. He glances at the compass often, for it is by this that he steers; and when the air is clear, and the earth below plainly seen, he will every now and then glance over the side of the hull, so as to be on the look-out for a landmark that may tell him he is on his course.

A. Pilot’s seat
B. Hand-wheel (pushed forward or backward operates elevator; twisted sideways works ailerons)
C. Foot-bar actuating rudder
D. Compass
E. Dial showing number of revolutions per minute that engine is making
F. Gauge showing pressure in petrol tank
G. Speed indicator
H. Dial showing altitude
I. Clock
J. Switch for cutting off ignition.

Author

The Aeroplane
By Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper
Published in 1914
Available from gutenberg.org

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Friday 19 November 2021

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900*983

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Century:20th , Flight

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