History of AirplanesIn its wing plan, the Burgess scout seaplane, resembles a sesquiplane, such as the Nieuport, in that the lower wings are so much shorter than the upper that it is almost a monoplane with auxiliary wings. It is also distinguished by the elimination of interplane struts, their place being taken by two flat [...]
Under the American system of training aviators, the pupil goes into the air directly on completing his course of ground instruction, that is, in the details of the mechanism, theory, and assembly of the aeroplane, instead of as in the French system, being obliged to get his preliminary “flying in a penguin, or practically wingless [...]