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A would-be 'bird man' barred. Albert Foltin, of Vienna, with the remarkable apparatus with which he proposed to fly over the Austrian capital. He was prevented from doing so by the less imaginative police. He wears a metal shield to protect his head from a series of propellors driven by a small petrol engine strapped to his back. Supplied by Central Press, 119, Fleet Street, London E.C.4.

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A would-be 'bird man' barred. Albert Foltin, of Vienna, with the remarkable apparatus with which he proposed to fly over the Austrian capital. He was prevented from doing so by the less imaginative police. He wears a metal shield to protect his head from a series of propellors driven by a small petrol engine strapped to his back. Supplied by Central Press, 119, Fleet Street, London E.C.4.
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n.d.
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GB124.DPA/1129/24
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Item from Fonds: Documentary Photographic Archive (GB124.DPA)
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Sub-fonds: Photographs Related To Science & Technology (GB124.DPA/1129)
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7439190
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