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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Octave_ChanuteOctave Chanute - Wikipedia

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   Chanute's 1896 biplane hang glider is a trailblazing design adapted by the Wright brothers, who "contrived a system consisting of two large surfaces on the Chanute double-deck plan". Chanute designed a twelve-winged glider, prepared for launch from the dunes of Miller Beach in 1896.

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   Octave Chanute - this Chicago engineer was the 'elder statesman' of aeronautical experiments in 1900. His glider experiments at Miller Beach in 1896 produced the most influential and significant glider of the pre-Wright era. These pages contain a comprehensive description of Octave Chanute's experiments along the south end of Lake Michigan ...

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   Octave Chanute 1999 about (1832-1910) Early Pioneer; Glider Designer. Bio. Octave Chanute was possibly the first person to publicly promote the sport of gliding and soaring in the United States of America. In September 1896 a Chicago Tribune reporter quoted him as saying, "... With the high wind the practice was full of excitement for beholders.

5. www.britannica.com › topic › Chanute-glider-of-1896Chanute glider of 1896 | 1896 American Aircraft | Britannica

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   Chanute glider of 1896, biplane hang glider designed and built by American aviation pioneers Octave Chanute, Augustus M. Herring, and William Avery in Chicago during the early summer of 1896. Along with the standard glider flown by Otto Lilienthal of Germany, the Chanute glider, designed by Chanute.

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   What is a Chanute biplane hang glider?

   • Chanute's 1896 biplane hang glider is a trailblazing design adapted by the Wright brothers, who "contrived a system consisting of two large surfaces on the Chanute double-deck plan". Chanute designed a twelve-winged glider, prepared for launch from the dunes of Miller Beach in 1896.

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   Who designed the Chanute glider?

   • Along with the standard glider flown by Otto Lilienthal of Germany, the Chanute glider, designed by Chanute but also incorporating the ideas of his young employee Herring with regard to automatic stability, was the most influential of all flying machines built before the Wright brothers began designing aircraft. See also history of flight.

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   Why did the Chanute glider have a lower set of wings?

   • The lowest set of wings was removed at the time of initial testing in a successful effort to reduce the amount of lift at the front of the glider. Chanute was responsible for the most important feature of the craft, a rigid structure based on railroad trussing that enabled an engineer to calculate the strength of the glider.

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   What happened at Octave Chanute Air Force base?

   • One of these endeavors was the now-closed Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, which detailed the history of Chanute Air Force Base and of aviation in general, and included a replica of Chanute's 1896 glider. The location of the base is now the Chanute Field Historic District, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

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7. www.eaa.org › 1896-chanute-hang-glider-replica1896 Chanute Hang Glider Replica - EAA

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   Aug 11, 2016 · 1896 Chanute Hang Glider Replica. Location: Pioneers of Flight. Octave Chanute, a successful railroad design engineer, designed and built a hang glider in 1896. Octave used the glider in his efforts to learn how to control a flying machine.

8. www.centennialofflight.net › chanute › PH7Octave Chanute - Centennial of Flight

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   Octave Chanute's flying biplane glider, also known as the Chanute-Herring glider - 1896. Both Herring and Chanute contributed to the design of this aircraft. Each 16-foot (4.9-meter) wing was covered with varnished silk. The pilot hung from two bars that ran down from the upper wings and passed under his arms.

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10. www.nps.gov › people › chanuteOctave Chanute - U.S. National Park Service

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    Caption: Octave Chanute holds his biwing glider design on top of a dune. At sixty-four years of age, Octave left the experimental "glides" to his younger companions. Photograph from Calumet Regional Archives, IU Northwest.