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2. www.britannica.com › biography › Octave-ChanuteOctave Chanute | Aviation Pioneer, Aviation Expert, Aviation ...

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   Octave Chanute was a leading American civil engineer and aeronautical pioneer. (Read Orville Wright’s 1929 biography of his brother, Wilbur.) Immigrating to the United States with his father in 1838, Chanute attended private schools in New York City.

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   Octave Chanute By Frank Griggs, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., P.L.S. Chanute was born February 18, 1832 in Paris, France the son of a history professor. In 1838, his family moved to Convent, Louisiana just upstream from New Orleans, where his fa-ther was appointed Vice President at the then Jefferson College. In 1844, his family moved to New York City.

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   Who was Octave Chanute?

   • Wilbur Wright upon Chanute's death in 1910. Born in Paris in 1832, Octave Alexandre Chanute migrated with his father to America at the age of 6. Son of a college professor, Chanute received private school education in New York and quickly began work in the engineering field as a surveyor in 1848 for the Hudson River Railroad.

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   Why is Chanute important?

   • Chanute work was able to encourage and attract many young engineering talents into aviation. Two such enthusiasts were the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright. “For some years now, I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man.”

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   What happened at the Chanute camp in September 1896?

   • Caption: The Chanute camp in Dune Park, Indiana in September 1896. From left to right: Unknown, Augustus Herring, Octave Chanute, Henry S. Bunting (of the Chicago Tribune), William Paul Butusov, and two unidentified newspaper reporters. The team used a circus tent after a storm destroyed its original equipment.

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

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   Born in Paris in 1832, Octave Alexandre Chanute migrated with his father to America at the age of 6. Son of a college professor, Chanute received private school education in New York and quickly began work in the engineering field as a surveyor in 1848 for the Hudson River Railroad. Over his career, Chanute built a reputation as one of the most ...

6. urbanafreelibrary.org › man-himself-octave-chanuteThe Man Himself: Octave Chanute | Urbana Free Library

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   Aug 11, 2021 · The correspondence between Octave Chanute and the Wright Brothers is held by the Library of Congress and is digitized and available to view online. Octave Chanute’s legacy remains in the hearts and minds of aviation enthusiasts, and most recently, in the hearts and minds of Chanute Air Force Base alumni.-Ani K. Archives Intern

7. www.ancestry.com › octave-chanute-24-6gsk42Octave Chanute, b.1832 d.1910 - Ancestry®

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   Octave Chanute born 1832 in Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France genealogy record - Ancestry®.

   • Birth Date: February 18, 1832

   • Death Date: November 23, 1910

8. www.lib.niu.edu › 2001 › iht810114Aviation - Octave Chanute, The Chiago Connection and Birth of ...

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   Chanute cheered in 1902 when the Wrights started making, as a matter of course, 600-foot flights in fully controllable gliders. With the success of those gliders, a powered aircraft now appeared within reach. The next year, on December 17,1903, the Wrights' plane took off and flew under its own power.

9. findingaids.loc.gov › exist_collections › ead3pdfOctave Chanute Papers

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   Family papers consisting of biographical data on the Chanute family, correspondence, and genealogical material, and a microfilm copy of a thesis by Earl F. Niehaus. Arranged alphabetically by type of material and name of family member.