and the pull of the supporting string.




CHAPTER VII

ABNORMAL FLYING STUNTS AND SPEEDS


"PEQUOD, a Frenchman, yesterday repeatedly
performed the remarkable feat of flying with the
machine upside down. This exhibition shows
that the age of perfection has arrived in flying
machines, and that stability is an accomplished
fact."--News item.


This is quoted to show how little the general
public knows of the subject of aviation. It correctly
represents the achievement of the aviator,
and it probably voiced the sentiment of many
scientific men, as well as of the great majority of
aviators.

A few days afterwards, the same newspaper
published the following:


"Lieutenant ----, while experimenting yesterday