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Up in the Air:
The Story of the Wright Brothers
Chapter Fourteen: Everything but a Motor (August 1902-April 1903)
After their wind-tunnel tests, Wilbur and Orville are ready to build a new glider, one they hope will overcome the many problems of their last one.
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2. France was in the news during the early development of the airplane and it is often in the news today. Make a collection of news stories and features that mention France. If possible go to nieworld.com and, in the upper right hand corner, click on International Newspapers. Then select Europe and France. See what you can learn about France from the print and online editions.
ON THE WEB: 1901 Wind Tunnel Tests -- At the end of 1901, the Wright brothers were frustrated by the flight tests of their 1900 and 1901 gliders. The aircraft were flown frequently up to 300 feet in a single glide. But neither aircraft performed as well as predicted using the design methods available to the brothers. Based on their measurements, the 1901 aircraft only developed 1/3 of the lift which was predicted by using the Lilienthal data. During the fall of 1901, the brothers began to question the aerodynamic data on which they were basing their designs.
ON THE WEB: Wind Tunnel Tests -- An interactive way to discover anything from interaction of hypersonic shock to reducing drag by increasing laminarity.
ON THE WEB: Building An Experimental Glider -- The Experimental Glider pattern is available as a PDF file. This file retains all of the layout and graphic features of the original printed document.
Serial Story: UP IN THE AIR -- The 18-part serial story ran in the Daytona Beach News-Journal each Monday from January 13 through May 19 (except for April 14). Text and illustrations for the serial copyright © 2003 by Brian Floca. Sponsored in part by Inventing Flight, Dayton, Ohio. Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc. www.breakfastserials.com.
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