Aviator

Examples

• But instead of the aviator hanging below the wings, as in the other planes, he lay flat across the centre of the lower wing. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It weighed, with the aviator, about 745 pounds, and was propelled by a gas-engine weighing 240 pounds, and having twelve or thirteen horse-power. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• A still more fitting tribute to the memory of the great inventor came two years later from a successful aviator. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• As the wind veers continually it is easy to see the aviator’s difficulty in keeping track of this centre of pressure. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The aviator who goes up to a level a mile above the sea is able to see everything within a radius of ninety-six miles and the further up he goes the larger the earth’s circle becomes to him. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Sometimes the wind was strong enough to lift the aviator above the point from which he had started and hold him motionless in the air for half a minute. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Delagrange, his nearest competitor, acknowledged frankly that Wilbur Wright was his superior as an aviator. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• To steer, the wings were moved by cords controlled by the aviator’s body. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Or if he is there he is training to be an aviator or something of that sort. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• When the ropes were freed the aviator would glide slowly to the ground, having time to test the principle of equilibrium. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Men had made aeroplanes that would support them in motion, and also engines that were light enough to drive the planes and carry their own weight and that of the aviator. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The earlier aviators had found that two planes, or double-deckers, gave the best results. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Mr. Curtiss is one of the most daring aviators in the world, and his flight down the Hudson River attracted the widest attention. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• There were some aviators in the compartment who did not think much of me. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• There were a couple of British and some aviators. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• A great aviation week was held at Rheims, and almost all the world’s famous aviators, except the Wrights, were there. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But many aviators have been drawn from a reckless class, and many accidents have been due to a desire to thrill an audience rather than to learn more about the laws of flight. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Daring aviators sprang into fame at once. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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