FIRST AEROPLANE
TO BE STORED IN ENGLAND. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) ' Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) XEW YORK, May 1. (Received May 1, 10.30 pan.) Orville M right announces from Dayton, Ohio, that the original Wright airplane invented by him and his brother, Wilbur, and which made the first flight on December 17, 1903, will be sent to The Times Museum’ South Kensington, England. He said that no suitable home for the machine could be 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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Southland Times, Issue 19540, 2 May 1925, Page 7
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106FIRST AEROPLANE Southland Times, Issue 19540, 2 May 1925, Page 7
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