Ovington, 1912, Gyroscopic force and aeroplanes
Responds to article in October issue of Aeronautics by Thomas Preston Brooke. (This exact article didn't make it into our database from Brockett yet but cf. Brooke, 1912, Gyroscopic force in aviation accidents.) Ovington accuses:
Mr. Brooke has written articles damning the rotary motor such as ordinarily used, claiming that the terrible gyroscopic force generated is what killed most of the aviators. Mr. Brooke has not only flooded the American aeronautic press with his self-advertising literature, but has also sent a liberal supply of it to the English aeronautic journals.
Ovington calls Brooke's statements "nonsense" promulgated simply to sell Brooke's own brand of motors.
Follows Sellers, 1912, Gyroscopic force and aeroplanes and Wright, 1912, Gyroscopic force and aeroplanes and is longer than both.
Formatted as a letter, signed Earle L Ovington, Newton Highlands, Mass., October 18, 1912.
| Original title | Gyroscopic force and aeroplanes |
|---|---|
| Simple title | Gyroscopic force and aeroplanes |
| Authors | Earle L. Ovington |
| Date | 1912 |
| Countries | US |
| Languages | en |
| Keywords | gyroscope, stability, airplane, safety, engines, Thomas Preston Brooke, Brooke Aircraft Company |
| Journal | Aeronautics (US) |
| Related to aircraft? | 1 |
| Page count | 2 |
| Word count | |
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Sources
- Brockett (1921), page 985, entry 11: Ovington, Earle L. Gyroscopic force and aeroplanes. Aeronautics, Vol. 11, No. 5 (Nov. 1912), New York, pp. 127-129. (B2p0985e11)
- Scan at HT
