Our country and its resources; . S. P. LANGLEYS STEAM-DRIVEN AERO-PLANE MODEL WHICH FLEW IN 1896ABOVE THE POTOMAC RIVER A DIS-TANCE OF ;,.i MILE chiefly by a greal number of air ports. which the Germans have tit-ted with elaborate sheds, hydrogengenerating plants, workshops, >tc. AERONAUTICS. On the left is shown the motorless glider on which O. Wright remained aloft for nine minutes; on the right, the man-lifting kite of Capt. Sacconey used for military observation Before the Zeppelins had becomenotorious in the Great War as en-gines of indiscriminate destructionthey achieved a more legiti
Our country and its resources; . S. P. LANGLEYS STEAM-DRIVEN AERO-PLANE MODEL WHICH FLEW IN 1896ABOVE THE POTOMAC RIVER A DIS-TANCE OF ;,.i MILE chiefly by a greal number of air ports. which the Germans have tit-ted with elaborate sheds, hydrogengenerating plants, workshops, >tc. AERONAUTICS. On the left is shown the motorless glider on which O. Wright remained aloft for nine minutes; on the right, the man-lifting kite of Capt. Sacconey used for military observation Before the Zeppelins had becomenotorious in the Great War as en-gines of indiscriminate destructionthey achieved a more legitimatefame as pleasure craft. For severalyears previous to 1914 the GermanAirship Navigation Company ofFrankfurt maintained between vari-ous German towns a highly success- ful passenger service in which nopassenger ever lost his life, althoughseveral accidents marked the opera-tion of the air liners. The Zep-pelins engaged in this service werefitted with a luxurious cabin-car,seating twenty-four, and a cold res-taurant service was provided. Alook-out post fitted on top of the
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