Smithsonian Report. 1954. — Loening 



PLATE 12 



1. The first American simple two-whccl, no-forward-skid landing gear shown licre was built 

 by the author in San Diego in late 1913, and was later adopted for all Army aircraft. 



2. The practical nn 



of this feature on land planes. 



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