This inability to idle slowly also caused high landing speeds since the propeller did not turn slowly enough to act as an airbrake.
"The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928"
Robert B. Meyer
Thees wan-m-m-m-m-only $68; but wiz ze hat also, $93." And the gasp that gets out of Peyton sounds like openin' an airbrake.
"Torchy and Vee"
Sewell Ford
He had time to yell at his fireman, to fling himself upon the throttle-bar and to set the airbrake before he began to turn Irish handsprings down the embankment; but the wrecking crew camped two whole days at Delhi gathering up the debris.
"The Grafters"
Francis Lynde