ANOTHER FLYING MACHINE.
An English aeronautical engineer, Mr T. Hugh Bastin, of London, is to make an attempt for the Dcutsch prize. This aeronaut in his invention has emulated the movements of birds while in flight, thus following in the footsteps of Langley, Hargraves, and Lilienthal. He practically utilises huge wings for driving his vessel through the air. The wings are immense framework Structures, sufficiently rigid and strengthened to overcome atmospheric resistance, with a covering of silk.. These wings or fans have two movements at right angles to the direction of flight, precisely the same as a bird, with tho same results. The front of the machine is pointed, so that it can readily cleave its way through the air. In flying the aeronaut avails himself of the oscillating movements of nature.
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Evening Star, Issue 11676, 7 February 1902, Page 8
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132ANOTHER FLYING MACHINE. Evening Star, Issue 11676, 7 February 1902, Page 8
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