FAMOUS AIRPLANE.
TO BE HOUSED IN ENGLAND.
NEW YORK, May 1. Mr Orville Wright announces from Dayton, Ohio, that the original Wright airplano invented by him and liis brother, Wilbur, and which made its first flight on December 17, 1903, will be sent to the Times Museum, in 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 qf historic experiments in aviation.—A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 127, 2 May 1925, Page 5
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