| Show WHY NOT BRING THIS BIRD BACK TO HOME NEST in the science museum in lond london at the grand entrance to En glands large exhibition of airplanes and fly ing machines extending over three quarters of a century Is the first plane that ever flew the plane of kitty hawk loaned by orvllle orville wright this Is world av lations greatest trophy it Is suspended in the air and in it lying face down Is a dummy representing we assume one of the wright brothers at the controls that dummy Is an eerie concoction with a cap on but it Is not the off note of this dummy in the historic sky vehicle that we are thinking about now but rather the off note of the orl original inal wright plane one of americas great treasures being in south kensington and not in ij washington ashington new york philadelphia or even D dayton ayton the wrights home the contribution of the united states to aeronautical progress after the wrights Is also almost completely ignored in the great exhibit which Is dominated by the succession of british planes and models though there are numerous historic models from france germany and italy tile the wright invention Invent lon has only one american brother in the exhibit a contemporary douglass model very small and labeled by a very small card A man from mars would get the impression that the united states invented the thing and then england virtually monopolized all future development with a few european nations helping we think the london museum has hai a grand exhibition but many americans ws we believe could wish that mr orville wright who loan edthe first plane would have it brought back to its old home nesti nest new york telegram |
