The British Science Museum have published a very informative account of the work and achievements of the Wrights entitled: The Wright Brothers by the author C. H. Gibbs-Smith >From this publication I read that Wilbur made 104 flights totalling 25.5 Hours between August 21 st. and the end of December 1908. He took a passenger on sixty flights on flights of between 15 minutes and 2 hours. He set a duration record of 2 Hrs 23 minutes on December 31st and an altitude record of 360 feet on December 8th. The wrights did not move the elevator to the rear until the Model B of 1910.
On 11 June 2014 16:10, DMcD <slutsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Wright flyer at the Rheims event 1909? > > I don't think that the Wrights flew at Rheims though others, possibly > Rolls, flew one. They were all fairly soundly beaten by Curtis who > knew a thing or two about flying. > > If you have not read the Curtis story, it's well worthwhile. When I > read about the Wright Bros, I can't imagine real people. Apart from > money, they seem to have been singularly unmoved by what they were > doing and gave up flying for long periods several times. > > With Curtis it's far easier to see a person who you might recognise > and the engineering decisions he took appear (at least with hindsight) > to be more logical. His fights with the Wrights make interesting > reading. They appear to have retarded flying in the USA by a decade or > more. > > D > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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