F.M. Mahan, of Chicago, claims he was responsible for the successful flight recently made by Santos-Dumont’s flying machine. The latter made his successful flights in Paris and the Chicago man says his arguments convinced the inventor the flying machine and not the balloon must eventually solve the problem of navigating through the air.

From—The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.), 01 Sept. 1906. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.