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- Pamphlet, "Experiments and Observations in Soaring Flight," Wilbur Wright, 1903 - Theories and research on aviation were shared widely through professional journals. While conducting their experiments, Wilbur and Orville Wright read almost everything they could find, and Wilbur contributed his own articles on the brothers' work. This August 1903 article, based on Wilbur's June 1903 presentation to the Western Society of Engineers, describes their successful glider flights of 1902.
- June 24, 1903
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Pamphlet, "Experiments and Observations in Soaring Flight," Wilbur Wright, 1903
Theories and research on aviation were shared widely through professional journals. While conducting their experiments, Wilbur and Orville Wright read almost everything they could find, and Wilbur contributed his own articles on the brothers' work. This August 1903 article, based on Wilbur's June 1903 presentation to the Western Society of Engineers, describes their successful glider flights of 1902.
- Pamphlet, "Some Aeronautical Experiments," Wilbur Wright, 1901 - In 1901, aviation pioneer and Wright brothers mentor Octave Chanute invited Wilbur Wright to address the Western Society of Engineers in Chicago, Illinois. Wilbur described the brothers' glider experiments near Kitty Hawk in 1900 and 1901. The speech questioned accepted data on wing design, and it established the Wrights' aeronautical work as some of the most advanced in the field.
- September 18, 1901
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Pamphlet, "Some Aeronautical Experiments," Wilbur Wright, 1901
In 1901, aviation pioneer and Wright brothers mentor Octave Chanute invited Wilbur Wright to address the Western Society of Engineers in Chicago, Illinois. Wilbur described the brothers' glider experiments near Kitty Hawk in 1900 and 1901. The speech questioned accepted data on wing design, and it established the Wrights' aeronautical work as some of the most advanced in the field.