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Occupation (s) Civil engineer, railway engineer and bridge designer, aviation pioneer. Octave Chanute (February 18, 1832 – November 23, 1910) was a French-American [1] civil engineer and aviation pioneer. He advised and publicized many aviation enthusiasts, including the Wright brothers. At his death, he was hailed as the father of aviation ...
(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.
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The Chanute-Herring Glider. But their hopes were revived again on August 29 when Octave Chanute gathered a band of aeronautical enthusiasts and began testing glider designs at the Indiana Dunes near Miller, Indiana. Chanute was an accomplished engineer with an international reputation for building bridges and railroad terminals.
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 ...
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.
DAYTON, Ohio -- Chanute 1904 Glider (reproduction), derived from Octave Chanute's 1896 glider design on display in the Early Years Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock) PHOTO BY: Ken LaRock. VIRIN: 170925-F-IO108-010. FULL SIZE: 2.37 MB. Download. Share. Additional Details.
Birth: February 18, 1832. Death: November 23, 1910. Octave Chanute. Published his classic book Progress in Flying Machines in 1894. Began to search for automatic flight control in 1896 by designing and building a series of gliders which flew successfully.
