NAVIGATION OF THE AIR.
AN AIRSHIP WRECKED. LONDON, May 15. The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Manteo, North Carolina, states that the brothers Wright made a circular flight of seven miles in their airship in seven minutes forty seconds. Wilbur Wright pulled a wrong lever, causing the aeroplane tuo suddenly descend, wrecking it. The Wrights escaped unhurt. The greatest secrecy is being observed by the Wrights, over their experiments.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9091, 18 May 1908, Page 5
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68NAVIGATION OF THE AIR. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9091, 18 May 1908, Page 5
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