item: #1 of 20 id: 1281 author: Appleton, Victor title: Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship; Or, The Naval Terror of the Seas date: None words: 45628 flesch: 89 summary: My former readers will know to what Ned Newton referred, and those of you who do not may learn the details of how Tom helped Uncle Sam, by reading the previous volumes, Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight, and Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon. He stretched his benumbed and stiffened limbs and then helped Tom free the others. keywords: air; craft; damon; eradicate; fire; giant; good; guns; inventor; koku; lieutenant; look; man; marbury; mars; men; ned; new; recoil; red; right; shed; time; tom; tom swift; warship; way; work cache: 1281.txt plain text: 1281.txt item: #2 of 20 id: 1284 author: Appleton, Victor title: Tom Swift and His Air Scout; Or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky date: None words: 47739 flesch: 89 summary: Mr. Tom Swift, the great inventor? went on Ned. Yes. Ah, then I am at the right place. Mary sighed, and then, seeming to summon her nerve to her aid, she smiled brightly, waved her hand to Tom, and hastened toward his home, where Mrs. Baggert the matronly housekeeper, was waiting to help the girl attire herself in a flying-suit of leather. Mary Nestor, who had a very warm place in the heart of Tom Swift, had, as he stated, some time since promised to take a trip in the air with the young inventor. keywords: aeroplane; air; big; damon; father; gale; help; home; inventor; jackson; like; little; look; machine; man; mary; men; motor; ned; nestor; new; place; right; sam; time; tom; tom swift; way; work cache: 1284.txt plain text: 1284.txt item: #3 of 20 id: 14665 author: Rockwood, Roy title: Through the Air to the North Pole Or, The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch date: None words: 45765 flesch: 92 summary: From the icy crystal walls the glare of the moss wicks was reflected back in a thousand points of light, and amid the glow the captives beheld a score or more of old men seated in a circle about a big centre lamp, that shone with a flame five times as bright as any of the others. A short distance away from the circle of old men, the native in the white furs, who seemed to have lost some of his authority on entering the ice chamber, motioned the captives to be seated. keywords: airship; andy; bag; big; bill; boys; dirola; engine; esquimaux; gas; good; henderson; hunter; ice; inventor; jack; man; mark; monarch; north; pole; professor; right; room; ship; time; washington; way; white cache: 14665.txt plain text: 14665.txt item: #4 of 20 id: 2065 author: Garis, Howard Roger title: Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds date: None words: 64712 flesch: 89 summary: And she can go some, too! Glad you like her, fellows, replied Dick Hamilton, to the remarks of his chums, Paul Drew and Innis Beeby, as he turned the wheel of a new motor-boat and sent the craft about in a graceful sweep toward a small dock which connected with a little excursion resort on the Kentfield river. If it isn't my cousin, Whitfield Vardon! CHAPTER II THE COLONEL'S OFFER Two more surprised youths than Dick Hamilton and Innis Beeby would have been hard to find. keywords: abaris; airship; army; aviator; course; craft; dick; ezra; good; grit; hamilton; innis; larabee; larry; larson; lieutenant; little; look; machine; man; millionaire; money; motor; new; paul; prize; right; speed; time; uncle; vardon; way; wheel; work cache: 2065.txt plain text: 2065.txt item: #5 of 20 id: 25811 author: Crane, Laura Dent title: The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires; Or, The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail date: None words: 55441 flesch: 90 summary: I haven't seen Miss Mollie all morning, she explained. It must have been a ghost that led Miss Mollie on that lost trail. keywords: asked; aunt; automobile; bab; barbara; boys; child; day; eunice; girls; good; grace; grandmother; head; hill; indian; latham; little; look; miss; mollie; mother; mrs; naki; ralph; reginald; room; ruth; sallie; stuart; thurston; time; way; woman; woods cache: 25811.txt plain text: 25811.txt item: #6 of 20 id: 3005 author: Appleton, Victor title: Tom Swift and His Airship date: None words: 44137 flesch: 89 summary: Tom Gets a Clue XXI On the Trail XXII Tom Swift and His Airship by Victor Appleton Contents I An Explosion II Ned Sees Mysterious Men III Whitewashed IV A Trial Trip V Colliding With A Tower VI Getting Off The Roof VII keywords: airship; andy; balloonist; bank; cloud; craft; damon; father; gas; good; inventor; lad; little; man; men; morse; motor; ned; red; right; sharp; swift; time; tom; tom swift; want; way cache: 3005.txt plain text: 3005.txt item: #7 of 20 id: 34815 author: None title: Jane's All the World's Aircraft. 1913 date: None words: 83789 flesch: 80 summary: | in m³. | H.P. | m.p.h. | in m³. | H.P. | m.p.h. keywords: ------------------+ |; ---------------------+ |; ------------------------------+ |; ----------------------------------+--------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------- |; 2~ |; 3~ |; = |; a. |; aerial; aero; aeroplanes; air; american; army; astra |; avenue; b. |; berlin; bleriot; born; boulevard; british; c. f.; c. feet; c. |; capt; carburetter |; chenu |; chiribiri |; cie; club; co.; cologne |; complement~ |; continental |; curtiss |; daimler |; date |; de |; decker |; delag |; des; di |; dirigible; e.c; end; evenwicht |; f. |; fabric |; farman; farnborough |; features._- |; feet; firm |; flight; flying; france; french; fuselage |; g. |; german; gewicht |; gnome |; gondel |; gouvernail |; h. |; i. |; iii.~ |; ii~ |; illustration; j. |; joint |; kgs.)|; kiel |; kite |; km.)|; kupplung |; lager |; laviator |; lbs; lieut; london; louis |; ltd; m. |; machine; magneto; maximum |; metal |; min; monocoque |; motor |; m².)|; m³. |; nacelle |; new; par |; paris; pivot |; private; propeller |; r.p.m; regule |; renault |; rigide |; road; rue; saint; school; seater |; service |; shaft |; special; street; total; tractor |; u.s.a; uas; vertical |; vlieger |; volant |; von; wood |; wright; year; | +; | ------------------------------+-------------+; | -----------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+; | -----------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+; | ----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+; | achter; | antrieb; | aviation; | biplane; | boat; | capacity; | centre; | cerf; | chassis; | chrome; | clark; | coussinets; | crank; | cuscinetti; | cylinders; | details; | direction; | direzione; | engine; | frh; | gas; | gleichgewicht; | gummi; | h.p; | hinter; | hours; | hydro; | kinet; | lagermetall; | lebaudy; | m.p.h; | madiot; | military; | model; | monoplane; | n.r; | naval; | navicella; | nickel; | nieuport; | nil; | number; | p.; | parseval; | pfeilflieger; | poids; | pump; | r.; | racer; | racing; | remarks; | rotary; | ruthenberg; | s.r; | speed; | splash; | sporting; | steel; | tandem; | timone; | trasmissione; | turin; | type; | valves; | water; | work; | zeppelin; | zodiac; | |; | ~1913.~; | ~max; ~1911.~ |; ~span~ cache: 34815.txt plain text: 34815.txt item: #8 of 20 id: 41176 author: Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) title: The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure. date: None words: 89737 flesch: 86 summary: And by the way, Sergeant, tell Mr. Dick and his friend that there's no danger. It was part of the magnate's scheme to make himself agreeable to all and sundry, and now, as Mr. Midshipman Dick joined him, he greeted that promising young officer with effusion. keywords: airship; alec; andrew; away; carl; city; colonel; come; commander; course; crew; deck; dick; doubt; engine; eyes; face; fact; feet; fellow; friends; good; half; hamshaw; hand; hawkins; head; hurst; joe; left; little; look; major; man; matter; midshipman; moment; officer; open; place; provost; reitberg; right; round; sergeant; set; ship; sir; think; time; vessel; water cache: 41176.txt plain text: 41176.txt item: #9 of 20 id: 42344 author: Santos-Dumont, Alberto title: My Airships; The Story of My Life date: None words: 43698 flesch: 73 summary: In spite of my continuous apparent descent I was, nevertheless, being lifted by an enormous column of air rushing upward. The upward-rushing column of air continued to take me to a height of 3000 metres (almost 2 miles). keywords: air; air balloon; ballast; balloon; basket; club; course; day; dumont; feet; fig; gas; guide; hour; hydrogen; illustration; interior; kilogrammes; lbs; metres; miles; moment; motor; new; paris; power; pressure; prize; propeller; rope; santos; ship; speed; time; water; way; weight; wind cache: 42344.txt plain text: 42344.txt item: #10 of 20 id: 45490 author: McAlister, Hugh title: Stand By: The Story of a Boy's Achievement in Radio date: None words: 44689 flesch: 85 summary: And Lee Renaud had been sent down by his family to look after his Great-uncle Gem. Lee's home was in Shelton, a pleasant and progressive town. Then at last Lee found it, a great calfskin-bound old volume stored away at the bottom of a trunk. keywords: air; arctic; bartlot; bobb; boy; captain; cove; day; electricity; end; eyes; feet; floor; fur; gem; glass; going; hand; head; help; house; ice; jimmy; land; lee; lee renaud; lem; man; men; metal; miles; nardak; new; north; place; power; radio; right; room; set; ship; snow; thing; time; uncle; water; way; wheel; white; wind; wire; work; world cache: 45490.txt plain text: 45490.txt item: #11 of 20 id: 45546 author: Cobb, Frank title: Dangerous Deeds; Or, The Flight in the Dirigible date: None words: 40306 flesch: 90 summary: I want to start at dawn instead of tomorrow night, as dear Mr. O'Brien planned. A bargain? he smiled back at the smiling pictured eyes and, placing the case carefully in his pocket, put on his hat and overcoat and started off to meet Mr. Ridgeway. keywords: arsdale; bill; boy; brown; door; face; field; good; hand; hank; head; jewels; lawrence; little; look; man; men; moment; new; o'brien; papers; plane; ridgeway; right; room; smith; table; thing; thought; time; van; want; wheel cache: 45546.txt plain text: 45546.txt item: #12 of 20 id: 46117 author: Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis) title: The Dreadnought of the Air date: None words: 91302 flesch: 78 summary: Amid the hearty good wishes and farewells of the Meteor's officers and men Dacres and Henri, attired in sombreros, loose grey shirts, buckskin trousers, and native shoes fitted with formidable-looking spurs, set out on their hazardous enterprise. In this part of the country, Dacres reflected, there were more men in the air than on the highway. keywords: admiral; airship; board; boat; british; brother; callaghan; captain; captain whittinghame; cavarale; commander; companion; course; craft; crew; dacres; deck; direction; door; durango; fact; feet; fellow; flying; gerald; good; ground; half; hand; head; henri; hour; left; libertad; lieutenant; long; look; man; maynebrace; men; meteor; miles; minutes; naocuanha; officers; open; order; place; plans; president; rest; right; room; sea; section; sir; speed; sub; thought; time; valderian; vaughan; water; way; whittinghame; work; zaypuru cache: 46117.txt plain text: 46117.txt item: #13 of 20 id: 47901 author: Matthews, Stanley R. title: Motor Matt's Air Ship; or, The Rival Inventors date: None words: 34926 flesch: 91 summary: =Carl Pretzel=, a cheerful and rollicking German lad, who is led by a fortunate accident to hook up with Motor Matt in double harness. =Helen Brady=, Hector Brady's daughter, who helps Motor Matt. keywords: air; bag; brady; carl; chicago; der; dot; girl; going; good; grove; harris; hawk; house; jerrold; know; man; matt; men; motor; oof; pete; place; randal; right; rope; ship; swamp; time; und; vas; vat; way cache: 47901.txt plain text: 47901.txt item: #14 of 20 id: 47975 author: Matthews, Stanley R. title: Motor Matt's Hard Luck; or, The Balloon-House Plot date: None words: 35156 flesch: 91 summary: =Carl Pretzel=, a cheerful and rollicking German lad, who is led by a fortunate accident to hook up with Motor Matt in double harness. =Helen Brady=, Hector Brady's daughter, who helps Motor Matt. keywords: air; air ship; balloon; boys; brady; carl; chicago; chief; dennison; der; dick; dot; ferral; good; harper; harris; hawk; house; jerrold; know; lake; look; matt; mit; money; motor; ochiltree; oof; pete; right; ship; time; und; vas; vat; way; whipple cache: 47975.txt plain text: 47975.txt item: #15 of 20 id: 48252 author: Matthews, Stanley R. title: Motor Matt's Daring Rescue; or, The Strange Case of Helen Brady date: None words: 35952 flesch: 91 summary: =Carl Pretzel=, a cheerful and rollicking German lad, who is led by a fortunate accident to hook up with Motor Matt in double harness. =Helen Brady=, Hector Brady's daughter, who helps Motor Matt. keywords: air; automobile; away; brady; carl; chicago; clifford; der; door; ferral; girl; good; harris; hawk; helen; hooligan; house; king; know; look; man; matt; motor; pete; place; quarry; right; ship; time; whipple cache: 48252.txt plain text: 48252.txt item: #16 of 20 id: 48402 author: Matthews, Stanley R. title: Motor Matt's Peril; or, Cast Away in the Bahamas Motor Stories Thrilling Adventure Motor Fiction No. 12, May 15, 1909 date: None words: 35625 flesch: 89 summary: As quickly as he could, Motor Matt made ready to follow Carl and Dick.] Street & Smith, Publishers, New York. =Carl Pretzel=, a cheerful and rollicking German lad, who is led by a fortunate accident to hook up with Motor Matt in double harness. keywords: air; away; beach; boat; boys; carl; cassidy; chapter; chest; city; der; dick; dot; ferral; find; good; grampus; hawk; island; jurgens; know; man; matt; men; motor; motor matt; officer; right; ship; time; townsend; water; whistler; work cache: 48402.txt plain text: 48402.txt item: #17 of 20 id: 48524 author: Matthews, Stanley R. title: Motor Matt's Queer Find; or, The Secret of the Iron Chest date: None words: 34594 flesch: 92 summary: =Carl Pretzel=, a cheerful and rollicking German boy, stout of frame as well as of heart, who is led by a fortunate accident to link his fortunes with those of Motor Matt. Carl Pretzel turned back from the forward rail of the _Hawk_, gave his chums, Motor Matt and Dick Ferral, a warning look, and then leaned out over the side of the air ship, his eyes on the earth below. keywords: air; bangs; boys; carl; chest; der; dick; door; dot; eyes; floor; good; hand; hawk; head; iron; jurgens; know; look; man; matt; motor; oof; right; room; ship; smoke; tell; time; townsend; und; vas; vat; way; whistler; woman; yamousa cache: 48524.txt plain text: 48524.txt item: #18 of 20 id: 48591 author: Matthews, Stanley R. title: Motor Matt's Promise; or, The Wreck of the Hawk date: None words: 34856 flesch: 90 summary: Slowly and carefully, Motor Matt went about his work watched breathlessly by Carl._] =Carl Pretzel=, a cheerful and rollicking German boy, stout of frame as well as of heart, who is led by a fortunate accident to link his fortunes with those of Motor Matt. keywords: air; bag; bangs; carl; cassidy; chapter; come; dashington; der; diamonds; dick; door; dot; fellow; good; hand; hawk; jurgens; letter; like; look; man; matt; motor matt; new; right; ship; street; time; townsend; und; vas; way; whistler cache: 48591.txt plain text: 48591.txt item: #19 of 20 id: 762 author: Whale, George title: British Airships, Past, Present, and Future date: None words: 42523 flesch: 65 summary: Nowadays, owing to greater experience, landing does not possess the same difficulty as in the past, and swivelling propellers have been abandoned except in rigid airships, and even in the later types of these they have been dispensed with. In rigid airships where members of the crew have to move from one end of the ship to the other, the harness is worn and parachutes are disposed in the keel and cars as are lifebuoys in seagoing vessels. keywords: airship; capacity; car; class; construction; country; design; end; engines; envelope; fabric; feet; flight; framework; gas; horse; hours; hull; keel; length; lift; miles; power; pressure; propellers; purposes; rigid; s.s; shape; ships; speed; time; tons; type; war; way cache: 762.txt plain text: 762.txt item: #20 of 20 id: 793 author: Talbot, Frederick Arthur Ambrose title: Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War date: None words: 61923 flesch: 57 summary: The Allied forces improvised travelling anti-aircraft offences by mounting the latest types of Vickers, Hotchkiss, and other machine guns in armoured motor cars. Other German machines which are used in the military service are the Gotha and the Albatross. keywords: aerial; aeroplane; air; aircraft; airman; airship; artillery; balloon; bomb; british; craft; enemy; fact; feet; field; fire; firing; force; french; gas; german; ground; gun; guns; height; lines; machine; manner; means; miles; military; motor; operations; point; position; range; result; shell; speed; time; type; vessel; war; work; zeppelin cache: 793.txt plain text: 793.txt