March 18: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Briefly

Now, I want you to join me in drinking the health of Patrick McDonnell and Peter McDonnell and, above all, Mrs. McDonnell.' There was a great cheer and the grandfather hid his blushing countenance behind a napkin.
Their experiments began back in 1900 and have continued up to the present time. Previous to the year 1905, the Wrights experimented at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with man-carrying gliding machines and with a man-carrying motor flyer.
Read at Brooklyn Eagle
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