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In 1897, he started a correspondence with British aviator Percy Pilcher. Following Chanute's ideas, Pilcher built a triplane, but he was killed in a glider crash in October 1899 before he could attempt to fly it. In 1900, Wilbur Wright read Progress in Flying Machines and contacted Chanute.
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.
Chanute and a handful of assistants tested a series of gliders in the Indiana Dunes at the southern end of Lake Michigan during the summer of 1896. A braced multiplane design successfully flown at this time was the most significant aeronautical structure developed to date.
Chanute (Octave) 1896 Biplane Glider Reproduction. Octave Chanute was one of the great pioneers of early flight. In 1896, Chanute, Augustus Herring, and fellow flying enthusiasts went to wind-swept Miller Beach on Lake Michigan (near Gary, Indiana) to test three new glider designs.
Octave Chanute was already a well-known engineer when he began studying the problem of flight. His classic 1894 volume Progress in Flying Machines brought together in one book a history of humankind's attempts to fly. Chanute also applied his knowledge of bridge building to the design of gliders.
When the group broke camp on September 26th, 1896 they had completed several hundred flights with the biplane. At that time, the little biplane was the most successful heavier-than-air flying machine in the world. Caption: Octave Chanute holds his biwing glider design on top of a dune.
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The Octave Chanute Pages. 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.
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