The motor boys in the clouds, or, A trip for fame and fortune (1910)
Young, Clarence, Nuttall, Charles, ill, Kollsman, Otto E., former owner. DSI, Kuhn, Irene, 1900- , former owner. DSI, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (U.S.). Aeronautical Archives, former owner. DSI · New York : Cupples & Leon Company · leaf 222
re all that I could wish. Thepowerful springs in the legs seem to operate, butI cant understand why I didnt rise in the air. Thewings are certainly large enough, and they vibratedvery rapidly. I cant understand it. Perhaps your apparatus is too heavy, sug-gested Mr. Glassford. Maybe it is, agreed… … the great race was under way/—Page 207. THEYRE OFF! 207 wheel, and the legs began to kick out. The ma-chine carried its inventor over the ground In aseries of surprising leaps, but, though the wingsflapped harder than before, there was no ^flying*to it. Another freak, murmured Jerry. A man, sent…
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