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Zerbe Sextuplane
The Zerbe Sextuplane was an unconventional early aircraft designed by James Slough Zerbe around 1908. The aircraft mounted six wings, heavily staggered, above a framework on which the pilot sat; propulsion was provided by a single propeller mounted in a tractor configuration.Simmons, Ralph. ''All About Aircraft''. London: Cassell & Co Cassell & Co is a British book publishing house, founded in 1848 by John Cassell (1817–1865), which became in the 1890s an international publishing group company. In 1995, Cassell & Co acquired Pinter Publishers. In December 1998, Cassell & ..., 1915. p.340. No record survives of the Sextuplane's performance.Zerbe . ''Aerofiles''. Accessed 2013-03-30. References Sextuplane[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine United States Minor Outlying Islands, Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in Compact of Free Association, free association with three Oceania, Pacific Island Sovereign state, sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Palau, Republic of Palau. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders Canada–United States border, with Canada to its north and Mexico–United States border, with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zerbe Quintaplane
Zerbe may refer to: Surname The name Zerbe may come from the German town of Zerben. * Anthony Zerbe (born 1936), American actor * Chad Zerbe (born 1972), American MLB player *Christina Zerbe Christina Zerbe (born 12 September 1980) is a German footballer. She played for 1. FFC Frankfurt, until 2010, and was capped 12 times for the German national team between 2000 and 2003. Career Club * TSV Aue-Wingeshausen (1995–1996) * Spo ... (born 1980), German footballer * Farran Zerbe (1871–1949), American numismatist * Hannes Zerbe (born 1941), German jazz musician *Jerome Zerbe (1904-1988), American photographer *Karl Zerbe (1903–1972), German-American painter *Volker Zerbe (born 1968), German handball player and manager Places *Zerbe Township, Pennsylvania, town in central Pennsylvania *Zerbe Run, stream in central Pennsylvania Other * Zerbe Air Sedan, passenger aircraft project * Zerbe Sextuplane, an early aircraft design * The ANA Distinguished Service Award, formerly cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Slough Zerbe
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Tractor Configuration
In aviation, the term tractor configuration refers to an aircraft constructed in the standard configuration with its engine mounted with the propeller in front of it so that the aircraft is "pulled" through the air. Oppositely, the pusher configuration places the airscrew behind and propels the aircraft forward. Through common usage, the word "propeller" has come to mean any airscrew, whether it actually propels or pulls the plane. In the early years of powered aviation both tractor and pusher designs were common. However, by the midpoint of the First World War, interest in pushers declined and the tractor configuration dominated. Today, propeller-driven aircraft are assumed to be tractors unless it is stated otherwise. Origins The first airplane to have a "tractor" configuration was the Goupy No.2 (first flight on 11 March 1909) designed by Mario Calderara and financed by Ambroise Goupy at the French firm Blériot Aéronautique. When it was constructed, it was the fastest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassell (publisher)
Cassell & Co is a British book publishing house, founded in 1848 by John Cassell (1817–1865), which became in the 1890s an international publishing group company. In 1995, Cassell & Co acquired Pinter Publishers. In December 1998, Cassell & Co was bought by the Orion Publishing Group. In January 2002, Cassell imprints, including the Cassell Reference and Cassell Military were joined with the Weidenfeld imprints to form a new division under the name of Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. Cassell Illustrated survives as an imprint of the Octopus Publishing Group. History John Cassell (1817–1865), who was in turn a carpenter, temperance preacher, tea and coffee merchant, finally turned to publishing. His first publication was on 1 July 1848, a weekly newspaper called ''The Standard of Freedom'' advocating religious, political, and commercial freedom. ''The Working Man's Friend'' became another popular publication. In 1849 Cassell was dividing his time between his publishing and hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zerbe Aircraft
Zerbe may refer to: Surname The name Zerbe may come from the German town of Zerben. * Anthony Zerbe (born 1936), American actor * Chad Zerbe (born 1972), American MLB player *Christina Zerbe (born 1980), German footballer * Farran Zerbe (1871–1949), American numismatist * Hannes Zerbe (born 1941), German jazz musician * Jerome Zerbe (1904-1988), American photographer * Karl Zerbe (1903–1972), German-American painter * Volker Zerbe (born 1968), German handball player and manager Places * Zerbe Township, Pennsylvania, town in central Pennsylvania * Zerbe Run, stream in central Pennsylvania Other * Zerbe Air Sedan, passenger aircraft project * Zerbe Sextuplane The Zerbe Sextuplane was an unconventional early aircraft designed by James Slough Zerbe around 1908. The aircraft mounted six wings, heavily staggered, above a framework on which the pilot sat; propulsion was provided by a single propeller moun ..., an early aircraft design * The ANA Distinguished Service Award, former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multiplane Aircraft
The multiplane camera is a motion picture, motion-picture camera that was used in the traditional animation process that moves a number of pieces of artwork past the camera at various speeds and at various distances from one another. This creates a sense of parallax or depth perception, depth. Various parts of the artwork layers are left Transparency (optics), transparent to allow other layers to be seen behind them. The movements are calculated and photographed frame by frame, with the result being an illusion of depth by having several layers of artwork moving at different speeds: the further away from the camera, the slower the speed. The multiplane effect is sometimes referred to as a parallax process. One variation is to have the background and foreground move in ''opposite'' directions. This creates an effect of rotation. An early example is the scene in Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' where the Evil Queen (Disn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1900s United States Experimental Aircraft
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