Model aeroplane competition, 1912

From Cheshire L. Boone.  The Library of Work and Play.  Guide & Index.  Garden City, NY  Doubleday, Page & Co., 1912.

Remember, this was only nine years after the Wright brothers' original flight!

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Below, from another volume in the series, which provides plans based on Blriot's aeroplane:  Fred T. Hodgson.  Mechanics, Indoors and Out.  The Library of Work and Play.  Garden City New York, 1911.