LANGLEY'S FOLLY.
', 'AEROPLANE PIONEER'S USUAL FATE Hy Cable—Press Association—Copyright New York, May 28. Glenn Curliss i\i?opkned successfully a distance with Dr. Samuel F. Langley's flying machine, invented years before aerial flight was thought practicable. Curtiss Hew a riiort distance and alighted safely. Dr. Langley claimtd that lie had discovered the secret of flight, but everyone ridiculed him, tailing "Langley's folly." The machinJßjß been preserved for years in the Smitlsonian. Institute, Ottawa. ~ I
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 11, 1 June 1914, Page 4
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72LANGLEY'S FOLLY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 11, 1 June 1914, Page 4
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