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...Smithsonian Institution at Washington stands a very old airplane with a stern but bedraggled air, like that of a dead buzzard stuffed by an inexpert taxidermist. It was built by Inventor S. P. Langley in 1903, is said to have once wobbled in the ether over the Potomac River. On it is a label: "The first man-carrying airplane in the world capable of sustained flight...
...have been led into the field by Dr. Smith in all quarters of the globe. As a proof of his prowess as a huntsman, several of the specimens which he procured in Africa are now in the Agassiz Museum of the University. Still others are the property of the Smithsonian Museum in Washington. The safety of a hunting trip under Dr. Smith is assured by the fact that he is a physician with full knowledge of how to ward off or cure the numerous diseases prevalent in the tropics...
...relic of man's first flight to the Science Museum at South Kensington, London, where a large collection of historic planes and engines already exists. Mr. Wright naturally seeks greater safety against damage and fire than his own home affords. But why a foreign museum ? Why not the Smithsonian Institution in Washington...
...matter of fact, in 1914, during litigation between the Wrights and the Curtiss Co., Langley's machine with some changes was flown at Hammondsport on Lake Keuka, N. Y. It is difficult to determine what exactly the changes were. But Mr. Wright resents the fact that the Smithsonian allowed Langley's precious model to be used for "the purpose of private parties to a patent litigation." And he also resents the card in the Smithsonian attached to the Langley plane- This is the first airplane capable of flight...
...winding up of the Association's affairs, it was reported that left-over literature had been shipped to help the cause in the Philippines, Porto Rico, Hawaii, South Africa, Newfoundland; also, that the following mementos had been deposited at the Smithsonian Institution...