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I, LOUIS DARVARICH, residing at 845 Wording Avenue, Bridgeport,
Connecticut, do depose and say that I was personally associated
with him during his experiments with heavier than air flying machines.
In approximately April or May, 1899, I was present and flew with
Mr. Whitehead on the occasion when he succeeded in flying his
machine, propelled by steam motor, on a flight of approximately
a half mile distance, at a height of about 20 to 25 feet from
the ground. This flight occurred in Pittsburgh, and the type machine
used by mr. Whitehead was a monoplane. We were unable to rise
high enough to avoid a three-story building in our path and when
the machine fell i was scalded severely by the steam, for I had
been firing the boiler. I was obliged to spend several weeks in
the hospital, and I recall the incident of the flight very clearly.
Mr. Whitehead was not injured, as he had been in the front part
of the machine steering it.
In 1902 I was present on another occasion, this time in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, when Mr. Whitehead succeeded in flying his machine,
propelled by motor, approximately four or five feet off the ground.
The airplane used was a monoplane with folding wings, which had
been constructed in the yard back of the Whitehead residence at
241 Pine Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut. The airplane was pushed
into the street from the yard back of the house, and the flight
took place in the street.
I recall also that Mr. Whitehead constructed a revolving motor
of hexagon shape, but do not recall what use was made of it.
I worked with Mr. Whitehead almost continuously in spare time
from 1899 to 1912.
(Witnessed and Signed July 19, 1934 )
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