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THE WRIGHT BROTHERS

Dayton, O. ,March 28.-Would you like to fly?

Not in a cumbersome balloon, lifted by gas and exposed to thousands of perils, but to fly as the birds fly, with or against the wind, high or low, able to direct your course with certainty and precision, and to land even while speeding at forty miles an hour as gently as an aquatic fowl flutters to the surface of a lake?

The story of the Wright brothers has been told before, but few realize the tremendous significance of their discoveries. 

In their machines they have made more than 200 flights and have never met with serious accident. 

The longest flight has been nearly twenty-five miles. 

The longest duration of flight has been about forty minutes. 

[[Post- Cincinnati O.]]
[[30 Mar 1907]]

WOMAN MAKES GIANT KENAN BALLOON

Midst the whirr of many electric sewing machines, the cut and [s]lash of big shears and the rip and [t]ear of thousands of yards of oiled [c]otton, the monster spherical balloon being built for Norman Kenan [i]s nearing completion.

Leslie B. Haddock and his wife, Josephine M., are the construction "bosses." They are professional [b]alloonists and balloon builders.
READY IN MAY
The balloon will be ready for its [t]rial trip by the first week in May. Haddock, his wife and one or two newspaper men will make the initial trip.  Mrs. Haddock was busy marking out a patter about 90 [f]eet long when The Post man saw [h]er.
"The balloon that we are constructing will be one of the finest specimens of air cars ever built.  From top to to bottom the bag will measure 85 feet.  The basket will hold four people, besides 500 pounds of sand ballast.
PROUD OF WORK
"We take great pride in the construction of the basket, and guarantee that it can fall 5000 feet without smashing.  We are going to blow the balloon up in Music Hall or some other large building in order to inspect the bag for possible flaws before the trial trip."
WILL ENTER RACES
An airship frame with engine attached is completed. and as soon as the spherical balloon is finished the Haddocks will start work upon the dirigible car, which is also for Kenan.
the balloon builders are working on the three top floors of the building at 325 Sycamore-st. This balloon will be entered in a series of air races to be held in or near Cincinnati this summer.

Transcription Notes:
Cut off clippings from the previous page are at left, and seem to be in Italian.