WRIGHT'S FIRST AEROPLANE
DONATED TO LONDON MUSEUM. INVENTOR HONOURS ENGLAND. (Per Press Association)—Copyright.) NEW YORK, May 1. Mr Orville Wright announces from Dayton (Ohio) that the original Wright airplane, invented by him and his Brother Wilbur, which made the first flight on December 17, 1903, will be sent to the Times' Museum, South Kensington, England. He said no suitable home for the machine could be found in America,, and this, along with the entreaties of friends in England, led him to offer it to the Times Museum, where there is already an exhibit of historic experiments in aviation.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10385, 2 May 1925, Page 5
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