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Augustus Moore Herring (August 3, 1867 – July 17, 1926) was an American aviation pioneer, who sometimes is claimed by Michigan promoters to be the first true aviator of a motorized heavier-than-air aircraft.
America's First Airplane Flight. In 1896 Augustus Moore Herring applied for what was possibly the earliest patent of its type in the country, a United States Patent for a man-supporting, heavier-than-air, motorized, controllable, "flying machine".
Augustus Moore Herring. The Chanute-Herring glider at the Indiana Dunes in 1896. In late 1896, Herring tested a triplane, weighting it with sandbags to simulate the weight of a motor.
Apr 6, 2013 · Gustave Whitehead (1874-1927), a native of Leutershausen, Bavaria, who immigrated to the United States, probably in 1894, claimed to have made a sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine on August 14, 1901, two years before the Wright brothers.
Nov 3, 2018 · Augustus Moore Herring (1867 – 1926) with his 1894 Lilienthal-type glider, featuring ‘fore-rudders’ for improved pitch control. (wikipedia) Herring wasn’t just one of the USA’s most important aviation pioneers, he was arguably one of the key threads linking everyone else’s work and discoveries.
One glider—the Chanute Herring two-surface machine—was the most advanced of all pre-Wright designs. Chanute gave the models of his gliders (pictured below) to the Smithsonian in 1909. In this photo, Augustus Moore Herring prepares to launch himself in his 1897 version of Octave Chanute's biplane glider.
Augustus M. Herring. American inventor. Learn about this topic in these articles: Chanute glider of 1986. In Chanute glider of 1896. pioneers Octave Chanute, Augustus M. Herring, and William Avery in Chicago during the early summer of 1896.
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