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San Francisco, circa 1910, hang gliding

Postby JoeF » Mon Apr 03, 2023 8:15 pm

Ken de Russy shared a newspaper find from March 2, 1910, San Francisco Sunday Call, that held an article that may be loads of fun reading for some.

The one page is "optimized PDF" for low byte cost.
It might be fun to segment the page and discuss matters teased by the large article.
E.g. Here is a clip from the big page:
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Another clip:
Towed launch:
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I move that the boys in the club be honorary members of US Hawks.
The San Francisco Aero Club was what they called their club. Fifty cents a month; only requirement was desire to fly.

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Article author: Mabel H. Collyer
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Re: San Francisco, circa 1910, hang gliding

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Wed Apr 05, 2023 3:12 am

Very cool article Joe.

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