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The Old Turkey Buzzard
Record #:
2625
Author(s):
Arthur, Billy
Abstract:
In 1873, near Como, in Hertford County, James Henry Gatling, brother of the Gatling gun inventor, launched a flying machine. Had the motor been lighter, he might have been the first to fly.
Source:
The State
(NoCar F 251 S77),
Vol. 63 Issue 7, Dec 1995
,
p
14-15, il
Subject(s):
Gatling, James Henry, 1816-1879
;
Inventors--Hertford County--Biography
;
Aeronautics--Hertford County--History
;
Hertford County--History
Full Text:
http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll18/id/14850