Yes, there are certainly some 'crazy' aviators, maybe like some of the racing drivers today they had no sense of risk or danger!
PaulB -
Thanks for your info about making the web addresses 'live'.
Here are the websites for the interesting videos, hope they now work:
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http://doversociety.homestead.com/JacquesdeLesseps.html
I am obtaining some information on dates of the early Dover papers and will post it shortly.
Kathleen