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the paducah evening sun (paducah, ky.) 1906-1929 — giant bird

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1908-08-01
Location: paducah, kentucky, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the paducah evening sun (paducah, ky.) 1906-1929 · 1908-08-01 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1908-08-01 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “giant bird”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... from the ground like n giant bird and darting through tho air at express train speed Henri Fannans nerd plane tho Interesting heavley then air flying machine ho brought here from Franco to demonstrate Tils ability to fly made Its Initial flight In this country late yesterday after noon at Brlgton Beach It rote from an especially pre pared runaway at the will of the Ijrvfntor and after attaining a height of 25 feet flew straight ahead on a direct line finally nllphf Ing with exquisite grace when the noted air pilot diminished the motive power Members of the Aero club of Amor i lean under whose auspices Farrnah wi conduct his public flights at ...

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