THE PIONEER.
OF AERIAL NAVIGATION. A BELATED TEbT. Press Association—Electrlo TeletJcauh— Copyriato ■ (Received Saturday, at 8.25 a.m.). NEW YORK, Friday. Glen Curtis aoroplaned successfully for a distance with Doctor Samuel P. Langley's flying machine, which was invented years before aerial flight was thought practicable. Curtis flew for short distances, and alighted safely. Dγ Langley claimed that he had disc vered the secret of.flight but everyone ridiculed him, calling the machine "Langley's folly." The machine was preserved for years at the Smithstonism institute.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11991, 30 May 1914, Page 5
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82THE PIONEER. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11991, 30 May 1914, Page 5
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