of Dayton, but after they becamereally interested in aviation, this was neglectedfor the studies and experiments which were tohave such a remarkable result. Their first actualexperiments on a large scale took place in Oc-tober, igoo, wdien they tried out large gliders askites. Some months later… … BIG MEN OF THE MOVEMENT WILBUR WRIGHT Tlie following winter was spent in an exhaus-tive study of the laws of air-pressure, and theconclusions reached were confirmed m the glidingexperiments of the ensuing year; these glides in-creased in length until the Fall of 1903, when thebrothers were ready to…
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