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Show NEW FLYER TO IMITATE BIRDS i Paris, France, April 17. A new type of flying machine, tho object of which is to enable a man to imitate birds in utilizing the wind to the exclusion ex-clusion of other motive power, was described ai the congress of the Society So-ciety of Savants. The Invention Is that of Dr. A. Magnan, and tho flight it Is Intended to make Is a kind ol a continuous volplane. After the manner of large birds, the apparatus is provided with a spreading spread-ing tall and two tapering wings, the wings being so placed as to onnble it to remain motionless. The control con-trol of the machine must be acquired by practice as In the case of a bicycle. bi-cycle. But it is admitted this will present great difficulty and less danger. |