. Book of the Royal blue . Limited Transportation of the Future (See Frontispiece). N Saturday, July 30th, Orr-ville Wright and S. Foulois of theUnited States Army sailedin the Wright aeroplanefrom the parade groundsat Fort Myer, oppositeWashington, to Shooters Hill, Alexandria,and return, a distance of ten , at a rateof speed of about 42 miles an hour, therebywinning from the United States Govern-ment a bonus of $5,000 in addition to thecontract price of $25,000 for an airship forgovernment use. The flight was the first cross-country tripever made in the world by a heavier-than
. Book of the Royal blue . Limited Transportation of the Future (See Frontispiece). N Saturday, July 30th, Orr-ville Wright and S. Foulois of theUnited States Army sailedin the Wright aeroplanefrom the parade groundsat Fort Myer, oppositeWashington, to Shooters Hill, Alexandria,and return, a distance of ten , at a rateof speed of about 42 miles an hour, therebywinning from the United States Govern-ment a bonus of $5,000 in addition to thecontract price of $25,000 for an airship forgovernment use. The flight was the first cross-country tripever made in the world by a heavier-than-air machine over broken territory. It wasthe second and final test required by theUnited States Government before acceptingthe machine. The conquest of the air therefore is nolonger problematical; it is for the future toovercome minor details and perfect them,the same as it was for the railroad, the tele-graph, the telephone and the automobile. The aeroplane is different from the dirig-ible balloon. It is something that can springfrom nowhere, perform its mission anddisappear s
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