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Ebook The history of the airplane

Though the subject of aerial navigation is generally considered new, it has occupied the minds of men more or
less from the earliest ages. Our personal interest in it dates from our childhood days. Late in the autumn of
1878 our father came into the house one evening with some object partly concealed in his hands, and before
we could see what it was, he tossed it into the air. Instead of falling to the floor, as we expected, it flew across
the room, till it struck the ceiling, where it fluttered awhile, and finally sank to the floor. It was a little toy,
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Từ khóa: Orville Wright Wilbur Wright, Aeronautical Experiments, Orville Wright, the Airplane, History