FIRST AIRSHIP
" LANGLEY S FOLLY" AN INVENTOR WHO WAS .RIDICULED. (Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received' Mav 30, 8.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, May 29. Glenn Curtis aeroplaned successfully a short distance with Dr. Samuel P. Langley's flying n:urliino. which was invented years 'before aerial flight was thought practicable: Curtis flew a short distance and alighted safely. Dr. Langley claimed that he had discovered the secret of flight, but'everyone ridiculed him, calling his machine "Langley's folly." The machine had been preserved for years in the Smithsonism Institute.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 30 May 1914, Page 5
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