Existing comment:
The month of May, 1908, will doubtless be
known to future generations as the most
important period in the development of aerial
navigation... During the middle week of May
civilization learned that mechanical flight was
at last a reality and not a mere human
aspiration...
I went down to North Carolina a pronounced
skeptic ... I believe all of these things now
and much more...
-- Byron R. Newton, Correspondent, New York Herald, June 1908 |