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A SorvKXiu OF Tin: ATTIIOK'S VISITS
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vi CONTENTS page A RECORD FLIGHT AB
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viii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS No. Plat
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xii LIST OF DIAGRAMS CURRENTS ON HI
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xiv FOREWORD cross-country flight f
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THE STORY OF MOTORLESS HUMAN FLIGHT
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1. AN EVENING FLIGHT OVER THE DUNES
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TllE "t'lIAKLOTTE," A TAILLESS SOAK
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6. OTTO LILIENTHAL, THE "FATHER OF
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TIME BRINGS THE ANSWER 27 work in a
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TIME BRINGS THE ANSWER 29 a hill of
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TIME BRINGS THE ANSWER 31 Not only
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SPEEDIER PROGRESS IN the history of
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S. OTTO LII.IEXTIIAL'S LAST MACHINE
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SPEEDIER PROGRESS 35 The developmen
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SPEEDIER PROGRESS 37 his advanced a
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SPEEDIER PROGRESS 39 to perform suc
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THE WRIGHTS 41 The Wrights calculat
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THE WRIGHTS 43 the brothers made st
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FAMOUS CONTEMPORARIES OTHER men wer
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10. A VIEW OF THE WORKSHOP OF ETRU'
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FAMOUS CONTEMPORARIES 47 only succe
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FAMOUS CONTEMPORARIES 49 to unfores
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FAMOUS CONTEMPORARIES 51 would neve
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FAMOUS CONTEMPORARIES 53 he went to
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12. THE MACHINE BUILT BY KLEMPERER
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TEN YEARS OF COMPETITION & EXPERIEN
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TEN YEARS OF COMPETITION & EXPERIEN
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TEN YEARS OF COMPETITION & EXPERIEN
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RECORDS 63 succeeded in flying to w
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RECORDS 65 exactly along what lines
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RECORDS 67 and their records. Altho
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RECORDS 69 This feat of endurance w
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15. THE " ESPENLAUB 5 " IN FLIGHT.
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THE LEAN YEARS 71 In the year 1923,
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THE LEAN YEARS 73 interesting on ac
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THE LEAN YEARS 75 thirteen miles, w
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THE LEAN YEARS 77 to be carried out
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ON THE WAY TO SCIENTIFIC FLYING IN
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flights suggested by Professor Geor
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19. THE FAMOUS AIRCRAFT DESKJXEK, F
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OUR EFFORTS REWARDED 91 The most im
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','4 THE "HAPACE." A FRENCH SOAKER
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OUR EFFORTS REWARDED 95 of an appro
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THE FIRST SIXTY-MILE SOARING FLIGHT
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,'30. THE " RnoxfiEisT " (SPIRIT OF
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SOME FLIGHTS OF MY OWN I MY RIDE WI
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SOME FLIGHTS OF MY OWN 133 violentl
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