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The Rivalry in Air Navigation

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 13, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 2.

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The Rivalry in Air Navigation

The same energetic strife for superiority in air navigation which has been agitating Europe for some months still continues. The French are hoping for much from the Wright aeroplane, while the Germans have faith in their air-ship. The Russians have designed a new aeroplane, hoping that that will be the superior of all others thus far; but it is still kept secret. It is a serious question whether air navigation will figure so largely as some have supposed. They must be frail craft at the best, and getting near enough to cause great damage, they can be readily punctured by the high-power guns of the present day.