A TAD UNDERSTATED:

AIRSHIP AFTER BUYER: Inventors of North Carolina Box Kite Machine Want Government to Purchase It (NY Times, Dec. 25, 1903)

The inventors of the airship which is said to have made several successful flights in North Carolina, near Kitty Hawk, are anxious to sell the use of their device to the Government. They claim that they have solved the problem of aerial navigation, and have never made a failure of any attempt to fly.

The Wright Brothers flew on this date, 99 years ago.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 17, 2002 10:37 PM