Problems met with in flights near North Pole are discussed with explanation of how they were dealt with; problems still to be overcome; suitable emergency landing fields on pack ice; means of keeping gasoline engine warm while at rest; why Fokker planes were chosen for first year's work; details of Lockheed Vega monoplane selected for 1928 work; instructions for utilizing sun as means of navigating in polar regions. (See also Roy. Aeronautical Soc. -- Jl., vol. 32, no. 214, Oct. 1928, pp. 885-893 and discussion p 893-900; Popular Aviation, vol. 2, no. 6, June 1928, pp. 9-12, 5 figs. and West. Flying, vol. 4, no. 5, May 1928, pp. 38 and 40, 1 fig)


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    Titel :

    Arctic flights


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Flight


    Beteiligte:
    Wilkins, G.H. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Flight ; 20 , n 25


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1928


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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