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I catapulted off the deck of a US aircraft carrier in a largely windowless prop plane the Navy's been flying since the 1960s. It was jarring and intense.
The first thing I noticed as I boarded the propeller-driven plane that was ... Then, in another twist, the aircraft dipped down before finally leveling out above the clouds. Launching from the ...
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Santos Dumont's Latest Aeroplane
As can be seen from the illustrations, it is mounted at the front edge of the aeroplane, and carries a 2-bladed, 4%-foot propeller directly on its crankshaft. The pitch of the propeller is 1.05 ...
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de Havilland aeroplane propeller
This cross section of an aeroplane propeller was made by the de Havilland Aircraft company. It is probably test piece made by de Havilland Propellers. Early in the 1930s the de Havilland Aircraft ...