THICK WITH LOVERS
VISION OF; ST. PAUL’S DOME LONDON, Ist April. A vision of St. Paul’s dome, thick with loving couples like a pigeon-crowd-ed loft, if gliding becomes popular, was the prophecy of the famous inventor, Thomas Edison, according.to Sir Sefton Braneker, Director of Civil Aviation, addressing the inaugural meeting of the British Gliding Association in London. Sir Sefton himself was of the opinion that gliding would be an excellent education for aviators, and predicted the time was not. distant when it would be possible to reach Londoti from Edinburgh in a motorless glider. “Then there will be a great rush of Scotsmen to London,” lie said. Sir Sefton Bid acker announced that Lord Wakefield, ithe oil magnate, had duiiutod the association £IOOO.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 10 April 1930, Page 5
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123THICK WITH LOVERS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 10 April 1930, Page 5
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