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1. airandspace.si.edu › collection-archive › octaveOctave Chanute Papers | National Air and Space Museum

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   1890-1911. Octave Chanute Estate, gift, unknown, XXXX-0482, unknown. 1.35 Cubic feet ( (3 legal document boxes)) National Air and Space Museum Archives. The collection consists of two manuscripts by Octave Chanute, "Conditions and Success in the Design of Flying Machines" and "Recent Experiments in Gliding Flight;" and three series of ...

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

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   The papers of Octave Chanute (1832-1910) span the years 1807-1965, with the vast bulk of the material dating from 1860 to 1910. Chanute spent most of his civil engineering career working on railroad construction. He turned his energies to aeronautical engineering and glider development relatively late in life.

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   How many letters did the Wrights send to Octave Chanute?

   • These two May 1900 letters initiated ten years of correspondence between the Wrights-approximately several hundred letters-that ceased only with Chanute's death in May 1910. All the Wrights' letters to Chanute are held in the Octave Chanute Papers at the Library of Congress.

   "The Belief that Flight is Possible to Man" - Library of Congress

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   When did Octave Chanute get a stamp?

   • In 1978, the U.S. Postal Service commemorated Octave Chanute with a pair of 21-cent airmail stamps. In 1996, the National Soaring Museum honored the 100th anniversary of the glider flying experiments in the sand dunes along Lake Michigan as National Landmark of Soaring No. 8.

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   Did Wilbur Wright write a letter to Octave Chanute?

   • On May 13, 1900, Wilbur Wright wrote one of the most remarkable letters in the history of science. In his letter to Octave Chanute, a wealthy businessman and successful engineer, Wilbur seems not at all hindered by the fact that an essentially unknown person from Ohio is addressing an aeronautical authority with a worldwide reputation.

   "The Belief that Flight is Possible to Man" - Library of Congress

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   Why did Wilbur write a letter to Chanute?

   • Finally, although a solicitation for Chanute's help and advice, the letter is, in fact, a kind of manifesto or declaration of intent. Although directed to a single person, it is Wilbur's open profession of his quest and his public commitment to it.

   "The Belief that Flight is Possible to Man" - Library of Congress

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

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   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 and the initial ...

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5. www.loc.gov › collections › wilbur-and-orville"The Belief that Flight is Possible to Man" - Library of Congress

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   These two May 1900 letters initiated ten years of correspondence between the Wrights-approximately several hundred letters-that ceased only with Chanute's death in May 1910. All the Wrights' letters to Chanute are held in the Octave Chanute Papers at the Library of Congress. It is therefore both appropriate and necessary that these materials ...

6. www.loc.gov › item › mm78015560Octave Chanute papers, | Library of Congress

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   Correspondence, letterbooks, notebooks, articles, family papers, patents, kite diagrams, sketches, plans of Chanute's railroad bridge across the Missouri River, clippings, and photographs. The bulk of the collection (1860-1910) relates to Chanute's experiments with gliders and his scientific and financial support of aeronautical pioneers. Other papers concern his career as a builder of ...

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8. www.loc.gov › item › wright002804Octave Chanute Papers: Special Correspondence--Wright ...

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   The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers in the Library of Congress's Manuscript Division consist of personal papers and other manuscript materials. The majority of the collection was given to the Library by the executors of Orville Wright's estate in 1949; additional items were acquired through purchase and gift between 1949 and 1999.

9. www.lib.uchicago.edu › ead › rlgGuide to Octave Chanute, Collected Papers on

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   Title Chanute, Octave. Collected Papers on Civil Engineering and Aeronautics (CrMs 168) Date 1874-1910 Size 1 box (0.25 linear feet) Repository Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A. Abstract Copies of published essays by Octave Chanute, concerned with the