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Orville Wright, [Diary Entry], October 1911Text from
Diary
[16 October 1911, Monday - Orville Wright Diary,
Kill Devil Hills, NC]
[Page 7]
12-14 miles from N.E.
West Hill: 3 glides. Shot up at landing and dropped about 6 feet bending
rear center uprights. Horizontal rudder too small. Vert. rudder too
small. [...] Put on a vane on front
upright. Vane was one of rear rudder
[Page 8]
planes of 1905 machine . . . .
Kill Devil Hill: After one glide, in which I pitched forward out of
machine, put on large rudder . . . using center of 1905 rudder. Afterward
made glide of 637 ft. in curved line, [plus] 586 ft. in straight line. [...] Time 23 seconds.
Weather Data for 16 October
1911
[17 October 1911, Tuesday - Orville Wright Diary,
Kill Devil Hills, NC]
Wind 10 mi. southeast. Glides on West Hill.
[Page 9]
Ogilvie glided . . . 473 ft. Ogilvie 3 glides. O.W. [Orville Wright] 2.
Weather Data for 17 October
1911
| Citation: | Diary entry, October 1911. Diary of Edward Huffaker, Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. | | Location: | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA | | |
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