Air Wonder Stories, December 1929 — page 93: what you’re looking at

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AIR WONDER STORIES THE READER AIRS HIS VIEWS (Continued from page 569) SKINDERVIKEN Transmitter Units 95c Planes Editor, AIR WONDER STORIES: love to read ; grandfather 50 years ago told me that if time was over 90 years.old. that flyin 7 e But before it came, my idea as to how Two would-be done was that somehody would invent f a gravity-shield whereby a man’s: weight would or be nullified, theri he could take two palm-leaf fans-in his hands and. pro avery simple construction i gravity-shield, pS $1.75 . Haye bundreds of uses, Every amateur should have| Nevertheless before it is invented we'll have A ay hi , | to fly by some other means, so my idea is-to ‘ two or three of these amplifiers in his: laboratory. concentrate the rocket plane and the winged plane into one plane, This ean be done by in- : A FEW USES FOR THESE UNITS the hollow tube of the rocket hollow- tube or tubes would purpose, The air would lane, . The lo but their propellers would Besides. the Prorellers would not be blowi: back against the planes as_the: producing work against itsel: A. R. WILKINSON, of our readers, Of course it is difficult suggests, from the mere d practicability on application, tember issue of Arm Wonper Sronrtss, Harl V. cent. in his “Yellow. Air-Peril” mentions F you enjoy AIR WONDER STORIES you must read SCIENCE WONDER STORIES, its sister magazine, In SCIENCE WONDER. STORIES you will find all of the good guthorsa who write for AIR WONDER STORIES, and there are many stories that deal with aviation and, particularly, space flying and inter- planetarian trips: Be sure to get the December issue now on all newsstands, Table of contents follows: “The Conquerers,” by Dr. D. H. Keller “The Lost Martian,’ by Henry Harbers “The Radiation of the Chinese Vegetable,” by C, S. Gleason “The Super Velocitor,” by S. C. 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Mictophone’ Tranaformora ut $2, Whim delivered I will pay tho postmun the cost of the [tomm pacified plu portyce, have said, the idea is interesting —Edttor.) Editor, AIR WONDER STORIES: issue of Air Wonner Stonres, I-am sorry say that it is the most unsatisfactory issua that. magazine that I have. rend. ‘ “Cities in the Air” by Edmond Hamilton. very good and I look forward: to the concludi chapter_next month. ‘When Space Was Rip: Open” is entirely too fantastic and utterly: i poeriils to make a ‘good: story. at all, or other, his style does not, Airplanes” was fair; but Mr. Skinner stretch thing a little, I think. “Beyond the Auror: Combine Rocket and Propeller Atx Wonpen Srosizs. M: lived to be 40. years. old I would see people flying through the air, and grandfather at the So it can be seen was on the way even at that time. | himself along; one but had the serting the propeller of the winged plane into a serving their he blowing back through them and producing the rocket power. Planes thus constructed would not only -be more concentrated which would he of great advantage, be more protected. z do now, thereby Veedersburg, Ind, (We print this letter for the consideration judge of such a device that our correspondent lctail of an idea. While it is interesting, we are frankly skeptical ofits i However, some- thing resembling it has been. thought of to be used on dirigibles,. For example, in the Sep- dirigible having a tunnel through the center, We ProBtable work tn your own honto, + ; the vessel; This was. also mitter Unit. Has | .5°1919 by Hugo Gernsback, But between this REY. ie TE Vand what Mr. Wilkinson suggests is a far ory. he oe £ He would attempt to duplicate with a propeller ohm: ae $2 the explosive. effect of exploding gases, f 2 think that so far it ean‘t done, although it may be scientifically sound. 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