White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-12

ing vocabulary of only $50 Of the more
than 10000 words In the English lam
gusge. the increase brought about by
the sirpIane and sirship II regarded as
remarkable.
For the benefit o. those AZ JET unac-
quaInted with the true meaning Of
such words As ~-fuseIage.y -nacelle."
drift or parasite resistance the
Manufacturers Aircraft association
bar prepared q flying dictionary
with the aid of a report complied by
the national advisory committee for
seronautics a. Washington
"Seyer before has 80 much aero
nautical news been printed says the
Manufacturers Aircraft association
article yet one Of the handiesps Is the
proper description Of equipment 80 as
10 give The enthusiastically unin-
structed-an accurate idea of the mag
nitude Of current happenings. This
difficulty has also been encountered in
government aircraft activities and ap-
pears more than ever now that CON-
mercial aviation, with proper encour-
agement, promises to develop soon
10 Strange Language.
The 80 or more s~eronautical
words or phrases In common use on
the flying fields or In rhe aircraft
plants are strangers TO the average
reader. Fol instance. everyone prob
ably has heard Of the a~ileron, yet
many may not know that the ailerons
Of a biplane are arranged in the trail
'ng edges IN q unique manner. causing
Il ~ respond al the slightest touch Of
the controls and enabling the pilot TO
ignore the lateral altitude of the ma
chine entirely.
An a%iler0n, 10 be more specific, is a
BIT Of a wing tip fixed on hinges back
on the rear edge at the ends Of the
wings. II Is controlled by wires. When
moved from The pilots seat the ale
ons On one side raise and those on the
other side decline proportionately.
thereby allowing the wind pressure
against them 10 tip the plane to either
side as desired.
a biplane is a t~wo-winged machine
DtF WIFE UNTIL dDONf IL OAiAFis n
majority OF the American and British
machines are biplanes.
The trailing edge 10 the rear edge
of the wings. Speaking of gliding, IL
means not only gliding but the angle
Of the path the airplane takes when ii
descends under the influence of gravity
alone. A plane usually glides by keep
ing its nose fixed toward the horizon,
when 1t viii glide straightaway eight
miles for every mile 1t Is above the
earth. or eight in one.
What 10 an Airptane7
IAN sirplane il . machine that de
ponds for support in the air on planes
or wings and the ~propelling power of
lis motors To keep II there. overcoming
gravity and at the same time propel-
ling II forward. An airship Is no an
airplsne bur a balloon, elongated.
somewhat eigar-shaped and provided
with a propelling system, car for pas
sengers. rudders and stabilizIng sur
faces.
There are three kinds Of airships,
AhF WAO1t VI 6hdDt =
maintained by pressure OF gas inside.
aided by pressure Of the cables and
ropes which hold the passenger car
underneath. Then there Is the rigid
airship. or m having a stiff wood or
metal framework inside the big gas
bag to hold Its shape for 1t. The semi
rigid airship has q rigid metal or wood
en- keel or spine along Its under side.
which holds IL partly In shape. Bal
looms and airships have appendices.
too. The appendix Is a hose leading
from the bottom side OF the gas bag to
the car and used for Initiating 1t, or. In
the case OF the old-fashioned spherical
balloon. like q big rubber ball. 1t serves
10 equalize the gas pressure inside.
IAN aviator Is an operator or pilot Of
an airplaDe, or any heavier-than-air
craft. A balloon is a lighter-than-air
craft. The term aviator applies to
either a man or q woman who drives
airplanes. The term 'fuselage' is rom
mon, yet not wholly understood. II Is
the body Of the %airplane, or the fabric
covered framework which holds the en-
CINE in front, the pilots seat and pas
senger area In the center between the
wings and hen rum back 10 the tail.
"Dope" Used on Aircraft.
"The trail group is general, and il
contains, besides the rudder or rud-
ders, depending on the type of machine,
elevators In a horizontal position. one
on either side OF the rudder, and fins
which are vertlcalsto the elevators and
are fixed, forming n plane with the
rudder when IL is In a natural position,
The controls are the wheel or stick
for use of the pilot In guiding his craft
the same as the wheel of IN automobile
or the rudder bar of a boat. A control
has three uses. where In other vehicles
such as the motorcar or boat, only two
uses can be found for 1t. The reason
Is that aviators have to contend with
three dimensions. An auto or boat chr