Publication 64, 1903, Aerial contrivances for scouting purposes
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Different national governments appear to favor different aerial contrivances for the purpose of scouting. The American government gives the preference to the Australian or Hargreaves box, sometimes called the Blue Hill Observatory Kite. The British authorities are divided between the Cody and Hargreaves kites and captive balloons. The French consider the balloon the most suitable for military scouting and have little use for the kite in any form. While the Russians think that nothing answers the purpose so well as an aeroplane drawn through the air and such they extensively employ in their navy. Their contrivance, which is something between a kite and a parachute, is called a Flying Dragon. Three of these connected in tandem when hauled through the air by a steamboat at a speed of 12 knots per hour will raise and steadily maintain a man at a height of 1,000 feet. Flying Dragons are extensively employed on all the torpedo craft of the Russian navy.
| Original title | Aerial contrivances for scouting purposes |
|---|---|
| Simple title | Aerial contrivances for scouting purposes |
| Authors | |
| Date | 1903 |
| Countries | US |
| Languages | en |
| Keywords | reconnaissance, military, kite, balloon, captive, Blue Hill Observatory, Flying Dragon |
| Journal | Aer. World |
| Related to aircraft? | 1 |
| Page count | 1 |
| Word count | 160 |
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Sources
- Brockett 1, page 5, entry 64: Aerial contrivances for scouting purposes. Aer. World, Vol. 1, No. 7, 1903, Glenville, Ohio, p. 159. S (64
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