The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-06-16
And We Shall Fly.
News and Observer.

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Though mankind is wingless he is
not dismayed He has conquered the
land and sea. He speeds over their
depths. Now he turns his eye to the
blue dome above and plans it con-
quest. He has made it SO that he can
wander about among the fishes In the
ocean depths, and now he would have
it so that In the heights above he will
be the companion OF the birds and
rival them in their greatest bursts oil
speed.
That we are going to fly Is being
made more and more certain each
day, and in the past two years the
achievements In aerial navigation
have been such that now there is Sc
rious talk that there must be inter-
national agreement as to laws regu-
lating the right Of the air, Just as
there ia the right OF the road and the
right of travel on the ocean. what
has seemed a child's fancy, an airy
dream, an Aladdin-like romance Is
being put into stout machinery thai
makes it's way through the air, and
in it's speed is breaking the fastest OF
records.
And we shall fly, for science has its
hand on the lever to make this prom
Use good, and what is being done in
part is being made into realty II the
experiences that are crowding upon
us are indications of the final result,
1t was in March. 1909, that the first
scientific recognition was given that
the aeroplane had reached q practi-
cal stage, and now behold the won
ders that it Is performing with the
greatest ease, and men-birds, are fly
ing here and there In the blue that
encircles the globe.
The latest of the modern birds is
Glenn II. Curtiss. the daring aviator,
who on May 20, flew in his aeroplane
from Albany to New York city, q dis
tan .e of 14S miles at an average
speed of over 81 miles an hour, break
ing the record for overland fights
and winning a $4,000 prize for such
an achievement. He covered the dis
lance in two hours and thirty-two
minutes, and came to earth in his big
machine as calmly and as lightly as
a pigeon. His feat perhaps eclipses
anything man has heretofore at
tempted in machine heavier than
air, and it surpasses any record ever
made by an aeroplane In long dis
lance flights. Curtiss few in triumph
above New York city and easily beat
special train which left Albany at
the same time the aeroplane started,
coming into New York several min
utes in advance, though the train had
a clear track and was run at top
speed.
The account of the Curtiss trip in
the air from Albany to New York
reads like a romance, but it is fact
that is told, and it says to the wait
ing world that man is going to fly,
that he will speed through the air
and rival the birds, not as a mere
happen so accident, but AS regular
every day occurrence. The world is
recognizing this, and nation after ma
ton is putting it's money into expert
ments, the convincing argument OF
what has been accomplished telling
that it is no futile dream that is lead
ing on, but that the day is approach
ing and is close at hand when aerial
navigation will be one of the recog-
nized factors in the advance and the
progress OF the world. And we shall
fly!
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