New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
AUiuti0n Has Added 200
Words TO English Tongue
Dictionary Makers Kept Busy Listing New Terms
That Entered Language Through Development
of Flying During the War

New York students of the English
language attribute to aerial naviga-
ton the addition of 200 words. As
the average American has had in the
past speaking vocabulary of only $50
Of the more than 100000 words in the
English language, the increase brought
about by the airplane and airship is
regarded as remarkable.
For the benefit of those as yet unac-
quainted with the true meaning of such
words as "fuselage," "nacelle," drift"
or parasite resistance" the Manufac-
turers' Aircraft Association has pre-
pared a flying dictionary" with the
aid Of report compiled by the Ma
tional Advisory Committee for Aero
nautics at Washington.
"Never before has SO much aero
nautical news been printed" says the
Manufacturers Aircraft Association
article, yet one of the handicaps is the
proper description or equipment so as
to give the public-generally unn-
structed--an accurate idea of the mag
nitude of current happenings. This
difficulty has also been encountered in
government aircraft activities and ap-
mercial aviation, with proper encour~
agement promises to develop soon.
Is Strange Language
THE 200 or more aeronautical
words or phrases in common use on
the flying fields or in the aircraft
plants are strangers to the average
reader. For instance, every one, prob
ably has heard of the aileron, vet
many may not know that "the ailerons
OF biplane are arranged in the trail
ing edges in unique manner, causing
it to respond at the slightest touch Of
the controls and enabling the pilot
to ignore the lateral altitude of the
machine entirely.
AN aileron, to be more specific, is a
bit Of a wing tip fixed on hinges back
on the rear edge at the ends of the
wings. 1t is controlled by wires. When
moved from the pilots seat the ailerons
on one side raise and those on the
other side decline proportionately
thereby allowing the wind pressure
against them to tip the plane to either
side as desired.
"a biplane is a two winged machine
one wing placed above the other A
majority of the American and British
machines are biplanes.
nc IidlllIiS cuSe is tue rear eQSo
of the wings. Speaking of gliding, it
means not only gliding but the angle
of the path the airplane takes when it
descends under the influence of gravity
alone. A plane usually glides by keep
ing its nose fixed toward the horizon
when it will glide straightway eight
miles for every mile it is above the
earth, or eight in. one.
What Is an Airplane?
"An airplane is a machine that de-
ponds for support in the air on planes
or wings and the propelling power of
its motors to keep it there, overcoming
gravity and at the same time propeli-
ing it forward. An airship is not an
airplane but balloon, elongated, some
what cigar shaped and provided with
propelling system, car for passengers,
rudders and stabilizing surfaces.
There are three kinds of airships
the non-rigid. whose form OF shape is
alone maintained by the PRESSURE Of
gas inside and aided by the cables ana
ropes which hold the passenger cAi
underneath. Then there is the rigid