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 [[File:Popular Mechanics - 1928 11 - 741.png|center|500px|alt= Right, Chinese Military Attache at Washington Learning to Fly: Note the Aileron Controls Strapped to the Shoulders

An Early Farman Biplane, of the Days When Planes Still Carried Stabilizers in Front; the Clothes of the Spectators in the Foreground Give a Hint as to the Year: at the Left Is the First Aerial Bomb in All History: Its Inventor, Riley Scott, a West Point Graduate, Is Attaching the Device to His Plane: the Place Is Rockwell Field, San Diego, and the Year Is 1913: the Bomb Weighed Six Pounds, in Contrast to the 4,000-Pound Monsters Carried by the Huge Bombing Planes of Today: the Plane Has a Steering Wheel Control, a Device That Is Coming Back into Use for Some of the Bigger Ships Today ]] 