Paris, Tuesday.
The Matin says that in the course of a conversation with M. Lazare Weiller, who told him that he could have a cheque for five hundred thousand francs (£20,000), Mr. Wilbur Wright said that before long he would abandon the elevated mechanism which projected his aeroplane into the air, and would take off simply either from planks or from rails, and he would then make some high flights. He considered that there was no reason why he should not ascend to over one hundred thousand metres. Mr. Wilbur Wright also announced his intention of now using sails for his aeroplane instead of the motor.
The Irish Times,
October 14th, 1908.