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was proposed to make the first tests, nevertheless it was and still is believed 

 that the provisions for such conditions were sufficient to enable a successful 

 flight of a few miles to be obtained. It was thought to he very certain that, 

 once a successful flight could be made, the funds for the further prosecution 

 of the work would be readily forthcoming, and that when these funds were ob- 

 tained the many problems of control, rising and alighting, could be undertaken. 



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