A Quick Guide To Gliders
Engineering / Flight
A glider is a special kind of aircraft that has no engine. Paper airplanes are the most obvious example, but gliders come in a wide range of sizes. Toy gliders, made of balsa wood or styrofoam, are an continue reading this fact
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Red Dot Replacing Cross Hairs
Engineering / Breakthroughs
A bullet fired from a gun becomes subject to the pull of gravity and begins to fall the instant it leaves the gun barrel. The farther away from the gun the bullet travels, the lower to the ground it g continue reading this fact
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The Night Orville Wright Had Too Many Cups Of Coffee
Engineering / Flight
Whenever Wilbur and Orville Wright's colleague, George Spratt, visited their Kitty Hawk glider test camp, lively discussions and arguments on flight persisted until late in the evening. On this partic continue reading this fact
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