t is undoubtedly the safest of the several methods it seemed safe to attempt the management of the ap- strong enough, it was expected that the machine would of experimenting with aeroplanes, but it is not the paratus in actual towing flight. lift the weight of a man, and that the rope (one end most… … tried their machine by tow- towing rope. A height of ing it behind a motor car or over sixty feet was attained, horse, although they might and the flight lasted about have obtained some interest- two minutes, during which ing results in this way. time I covered over a quar- Ludlow designed ma- ter…
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