Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes - The Quest for Human Flight
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Ever since man started to think, he's wanted to fly. But flying was strictly for the birds.
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And continued to be so for thousands of years.
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Man, eternally optimistic, kept trying.
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Encouraged by his many successes, man kept trying. Through his genius and his inventiveness, he managed to get his machines off the ground - and sometimes, he brought them down again.
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All over the world, early pioneers were making flying history. And in Italy, Count Emilio Ponticelli made what many people claim was the first long-distance flight.
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There was no doubt about it; by nineteen hundred and ten, flying had become the rage - man had conquered the air, and people everywhere were all agog about those magnificent men in their flying machines.
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The Face of Fu Manchu - Impregnable Fortress or Extraordinary Adversary?
Sir Charles:
I can assure you, sir, that the place is now an impregnable fortress. No Chinaman, or for the matter of that, any other kind of man can break into the Museum. At least not when I'm the Director.
Nayland Smith:
I can only repeat, Sir Charles, that Fu Manchu is no ordinary man.
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