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Wright Brothers National Memorial, North Carolina
East, Omega G.
Wright Brothers National Memorial (N.C.); Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912
_Power plant_—The complete engine or engines in an aircraft, together
with propeller or propellers (if any), accessories, fuel and oil
tanks and lines, etc.
_Powered aircraft_—An aircraft having one or more engines, as
distinguished from a glider.
_Tailspin_—A spin, so named in reference to the characteristic spiral
action of the tail when the airplane is in a spin.
_Warp_—To change the shape of something, especially an airplane’s wing,
by twisting. To give lift or drop to a wing by twisting it at the
ends.
_Wind tunnel_—A chamber through which air is forced at controlled
velocities, up to several thousand miles an hour, and in which
airfoils, airplanes, missiles, scale models of airplanes, or other
objects are mounted in order to observe and study the airflow
about such objects, as well as the aerodynamic effects upon them.
_Wingspan_—The span of a wing, measured or taken between the tips or
outermost extremities of either a single-piece wing or a wing that
is separated by other aircraft components.
_Wing-warping_—The action of warping a wing, or a control system for
warping the wings at will.
_Yaw_—An angular displacement or motion to the left or right about the
vertical axis of an airplane.
_Suggestions for Further Reading_
Gibbs-Smith, C. H., _A History of Flying_. Frederick A. Praeger, New
York, 1954.
Kelly, Fred C. (Ed.), _Miracle at Kitty Hawk, the Letters of Wilbur and
Orville Wright_. Farrar, Straus and Young, New York 1951.
Kelly, Fred C., _The Wright Brothers_. (A Biography Authorized by
Orville Wright.) Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1943.
McFarland, Marvin W. (Ed.), _The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright,
including the Chanute-Wright Letters and other Papers of Octave
Chanute_. 2 vols., McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1953.
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1963 OF—710-606
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
HISTORICAL HANDBOOK SERIES
(Price has of National Park Service Publications may be obtained from
the Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D.C.)
Antietam
Aztec Ruins
Bandelier
Chalmette
Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefields
Custer Battlefield
Custis-Lee Mansion, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Fort Laramie
Fort McHenry
Fort Necessity
Fort Pulaski
Fort Raleigh
Fort Sumter
Fort Union
George Washington Birthplace
Gettysburg
Guilford Courthouse
Hopewell Village
Independence
Jamestown, Virginia
Kings Mountain
The Lincoln Museum and the House Where Lincoln Died
Manassas (Bull Run)
Montezuma Castle
Morristown, A Military Capital of the Revolution
Ocmulgee
Petersburg Battlefields
Richmond Battlefields
Saratoga
Scotts Bluff
Shiloh
Statue of Liberty
Vanderbilt Mansion
Vicksburg
Wright Brothers
Yorktown
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