THE BIRD-MEN.
HOW "LANGLEY'S FOLLY" MADE GOOD. ; SUCCESSFUL INVENTOR- WHO WAS SUBJECT OF RIDICULE. (Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) (Received May 30, 9 a.m.) LONDON, May 29. The mobilisation of the military flying corps has begun at Salisbury Plain. It is expected there will be 100 aeroplahes participating in the manoeuvres on Whit Monday. . ' N Y EW YORK- May 29. " Glenn Curtis aeroplaned successfully a distance with Dr Samuel P. Langley in a flying machine 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 the machine f€ Langley's folly." The machine was preserved for years at the Smithsonian Institute.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13394, 30 May 1914, Page 3
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