A build from 12 years ago:
This design was patented in 1917, and built in 1929.
Now there you have an idea: make a super-sized dart-like paper airplane, bolt-on a Curtiss OX-5 engine and climb on board. Crazy? Well, in 1930 Mr. Scroggs, a tailor, test flew such thing at a height of 10 feet!
The way he christened the machine, “The Last Laugh”, surely says something about the lesson he taught to the incredulous bystanders.
For the curious here is a link to a movie of it:
https://mirc.sc.edu/islandora/object/usc%3A30075
Hey, I just looked at it and knew I was in love.
I can still hear Scroggs' laughter!