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With paper-covered wooden wings stacked 19 feet high, William F. Gerhardt’s Cycleplane was an accident waiting to happen. (HistoryNet Archives)
With paper-covered wooden wings stacked 19 feet high, William F. Gerhardt’s Cycleplane was an accident waiting to happen. (HistoryNet Archives)