FIRST AEROPLANE
FOR. TIMES MUSEUM
(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.)
NEW YORK, Olay 1
Mr Orville Wright announces from Dayton, Ohio, that the original Wright airplane invented by hint and his brother Wilbur, and which made the first flight on December 17th, 1903, w.i.'l he sent to the Times Museum, South Kensington, England. He said that no suitable home for the machine could bo found in America, and this along with entreaties from 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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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 2 May 1925, Page 5
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