Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 23, 2025
Sopwith as a pilot, for, like other famous airmen, such as Louis Bleriot, Henri Farman, and Claude Grahame-White, who jumped into fame by success in competition flying, he has retired with his laurels, and now devotes his efforts to the construction of machines. He bids fair to be equally successful as a constructor of air-craft as he formerly was as a pilot of flying machines.
The meet was over; the aviators were leaving. Carl had said farewell to his new and well-loved friends, the pioneers of aviation Latham, Moisant, Leblanc, McCurdy, Ely, de Lesseps, Mars, Willard, Drexel, Grahame-White, Hoxsey, and the rest.
When Mr. Grahame-White told me we were going to plane down I will confess I tightened my hold on the sides of the car and prepared for something like the down-going sensation of a switchback railway on a larger scale.
Grahame-White made the first attempt, and he flew remarkably well too, but he was forced to descend at Lichfield about 113 miles on the journey owing to the high and gusty winds which prevailed in the Trent valley.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking