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plane, or multiplane forms, which they 

 Upaiiea* tingle-cell t. kite 



idr arranged 

 riat a V surface was 

 ^ air. 



a two-celled 



A . , p., 

 hwas 

 Mv effl. 



- 



. : ,rf., *! 

 . -, x .!,;..,! : 



t general- 

 flat or 



1 



ta. 4. 



.-,-.: I 



has been 



ith. ami hat been 

 inferior. The 

 (angular U 

 erally approved, though three and 



instruction, i! *ign- 



ers appear to k.-.-p in mi ml the necessity 

 i'ing several planes so separat 



to tecure lifting efT- 

 ence with eai-i 'hat i>. . 



bra. mak -il-l.- for one plane to re- 



to tur: I to at to lessen the lift of an- 



nentt with |rakttes, or kite* fl. 

 idem, several being attached one after another to 



i.l ini|KMlile. -lie re- 



afM -f the IM ml nnd the Im-k of uta- 

 i -.ingle kite. ii. T. Woglom. 



.11 nnd II. II. 

 



among the most per* 

 i 



book 

 II. 



does also Eddy.' 

 both Malay and Hargrave kites on the one line, 

 <e. in a series of experiments near 

 in 1*96 and 1897. also used both forms, 



train o?Maky p5nktta*,a leading 



. 



fret in a moder.t 



800 feet, a second kite it started, the method of at- 

 taching dim-ring -A :'!i the strength MI! at 



M-,-01,,1 k. 



lien attached to the main lit 

 the second kite may be i 



an instant, n- surface comes to the win<l. and it 



UP into correct position, ami 

 tottai" . Other kite* are attar! 



:--r cord being used with each 

 in this wav as many as a donan 

 are sent up. Woglom asserts tnat there i* no limit 

 (barr the number of kit.-* that may 



be tent up in t The kites or parakitet at 



Mially call '->wn in tandem ex- 



erdte the ordinary kite function only in N>mg ele- 

 vated ; when in place in the line, they exercise the 



>oot of aeroplane* in maintaining t hams* 1 1 at 

 The arrangement of Malav kitr at 

 * it given in Klg. & 



. .-llular kite* of a *Ughtly 

 BHMtifitd Hargrave nail am beat adapted 



eontiflarable weight, as a man. 

 .aW ones first in hi. line, gradn- 



li tMflwftV VawiaVwaiffaaV SaA ffWMawatflal l^naaW aaVaa^. 



The duiiiin % waa eleTalad ab 

 i i- t 



a* i hr dummy wa*i 

 violent manner. ' 



..--....-:. . ,. f 



grave kites were otrd by 



Wise in hi* first endeavor 



i pan- 



29 miles an hour. The cord 

 was wrapped on a windlass. 



ily |^gg. 

 and about 800 feet of seven- 



:ililllnr- j 



a breaking stm 



pt.umU. wa 



gn>uml an.! t:..i t.. tlie lar- 



thelow ^eriea.bear- 



-t strain 



er r..|^>, of a breaking 



|H.und, was used to 



i t he second k 

 ing it to the back of the first. 



.ird and - 



was then laum-hetl in the air 

 at a leader, and tied to the 

 back of the tecon<l 

 Wise o tie seat at- 



tached to the large kr 

 signaled the men at i : 



kites to present 

 to the breeze for launching. 

 mi was so 



great that the lower frame 

 of the large kite was pulled 

 out. and the other t 

 broke loose and flew away, 

 but were caught ami hauled 

 down, and were broken by 

 contact with buildinp 

 experiment taught M IM- that. 



While he tut f lift- 



er. he U 



apparatus On Jan. 

 88, 1897. he made bb first 



- . . ** '. i- .- . ' .1 up Bargravi ttttj 



with a total lifting arm of S18 square feet in a 17- 



r . . 1 --.".. K .-,.-.-.,..... 



separate pairs, and were unitel after being elevated. 

 He readily attained an elevation of 48 feet, and 

 might have gone higher. Lut .1., n-.,.. it l>et not to 



the 



ground was 880 pounds. 50 pounds being the weight 

 N pounds of ropi and the rrmainoW 

 the dead weight of the man and the chn.r Half- 

 inch manilla mpe was used to retain the kites, 



On May 4. 1886\ Wogiom raited an American flag 

 alMntljN*) .-. - . \\ . 



with a parakite composed of MX large 

 Main ^Che raised a p^m- 



kite to a height of 1,500 feet in a gale blowing W 



