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Aviation pioneers and the tragedy of early flight history
United Press reports on aviation history tracing dreams from Archytas to Langley and the Wright brothers. It notes Henson and Stringfellow near flights, Langley failures, and the Kitty Hawk achievement, with the US Army later purchasing the Wright plane.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Washington
Viator
Aglishman
Suess
United States
Texas
Haveen
Samuel Henson
Henn
Smithsonian Institution
Henson
John ‘Ringfellow
England
Stringfellow
America
Aul E. Garber
The
Smithsonian
Archytas Tarentum
Christ
Leonardo da Vinci
Orld
von Credit
Garber
Lenthal
Germany
Langley
Right Brothers
Kenthal
Glenn H. Curtis
Hammondsport
N. Y
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Wrights
Fort Myer
Army