Eighteen years to the day after he had raised the flag at the dedication of Wright Field at Dayton, 74-year-old Orville Wright returned to the scene for a preview of the Army Air Forces Fair. Great changes had been wrought.
Among the items that he and other visitors saw:
¶ Jet engines producing about twice as much power in proportion to their weight as gasoline engines.
¶ The Azon, an ordinary bomb, fitted with a radio-controlled tail surface, which can be steered to right or left by the bombardier of the plane from which...
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