"Entrant edge" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... back to Chapter XVII you will see that the plane is modelled after the wing of a bird. It has been found that the lifting power of a plane gradually dwindles from the front edge—or ENTERING EDGE, as it is called—backwards. For this reason it is necessary to equip a machine with a very long, narrow plane, rather than with a ...
— The Mastery of the Air • William J. Claxton |
