AN AERONAUT'S ERROR.
I<'LYJXG -MACHINE WRECKED.
United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, May 15. The Daily Telegraph correspondent at Alanteo, North Carolina, states that the Wright Brothers made a circular flight of seven miles in 7 minutes 10 seconds. Wilburn AVright pulled the wrong lever, causing the aeroplane to suddenly descend, wrecking it. The Wrights escaped unhurt. The greatest secrecy is observed over the experiments.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2193, 18 May 1908, Page 3
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64AN AERONAUT'S ERROR. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2193, 18 May 1908, Page 3
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