CABLE NEWS.
A SUCCESSFUL ÆROPLANE
[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.]
THE PROBLEM SAID TO BE SOLVED.
Lpeess association.!
PARIS, August 10. Wright Bros.' aeroplanei, which was areoently sold to the French Goveirnf'emt, flew 2500 metres at a height of tft in 105 seconds at Lake Lemacs. was quite under control, circling the lake easily, and afterwards flying for hj&urs- There is great enthusiasm over the success in Franca Press reports declare that the aeroplane displayed remarkable birdlike qualities, soaring, skimming, and turning. Experts described it as a revelation in aerial flight.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 11 August 1908, Page 5
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89CABLE NEWS. A SUCCESSFUL ÆROPLANE Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 11 August 1908, Page 5
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