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Science Fiction Collector, v. 4, issue 4, whole no. 22, September 1938
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Page Seven and also foldable [[?]] which will make it possible for the airliners to take off in greatly reduced fields and land in the same, while in the air they can hover over scenic spots, fly much more slowly in fogs or storms, and certainly make emergency landings without dashing the occupants all over the earth. If the motors of the screws stop, the wind is sufficient for them to continue to revolve while the plane slowly settles down. In this phase of military actions, bombers might be able to hover above their objective at 30,000 feet and blow it up with far greater accuracy. Of course, this advantage would be offset by greater accuracy on the part of the A. -A. gunners, but "C'est la Guerre." There's plenty of shadows to work on in this field, before we emerge into the "sun" of the stratosphere. Recent experiments in the form of railroad transportation may still retain the "chemin de fer" or "Iron Horse" for another few generations. Both German and American railroaders have been working with turbine engines, in which the motive force is not worked via the "piston and rod" method, but the definitely[?] more steady and smooth method of the turbine. Experiments give greater traction force with less fuel and lighter boilers and engines, with far better acceleration. When the gears of the turbine are reversed you have a breaking force in the turbines as well as air brakes. There is an engine in Germany right now that is working on the turbine principle, with many plans for some in America. The enthusiastic cries for the junking of the "horrid gasoline engine" is answered by the question of "then what?" Atomic power is a long way off, and the projection of electricity without wires iseven further. Electricity is still the most efficient but
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Page Seven and also foldable [[?]] which will make it possible for the airliners to take off in greatly reduced fields and land in the same, while in the air they can hover over scenic spots, fly much more slowly in fogs or storms, and certainly make emergency landings without dashing the occupants all over the earth. If the motors of the screws stop, the wind is sufficient for them to continue to revolve while the plane slowly settles down. In this phase of military actions, bombers might be able to hover above their objective at 30,000 feet and blow it up with far greater accuracy. Of course, this advantage would be offset by greater accuracy on the part of the A. -A. gunners, but "C'est la Guerre." There's plenty of shadows to work on in this field, before we emerge into the "sun" of the stratosphere. Recent experiments in the form of railroad transportation may still retain the "chemin de fer" or "Iron Horse" for another few generations. Both German and American railroaders have been working with turbine engines, in which the motive force is not worked via the "piston and rod" method, but the definitely[?] more steady and smooth method of the turbine. Experiments give greater traction force with less fuel and lighter boilers and engines, with far better acceleration. When the gears of the turbine are reversed you have a breaking force in the turbines as well as air brakes. There is an engine in Germany right now that is working on the turbine principle, with many plans for some in America. The enthusiastic cries for the junking of the "horrid gasoline engine" is answered by the question of "then what?" Atomic power is a long way off, and the projection of electricity without wires iseven further. Electricity is still the most efficient but
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