WEBOctave Chanute (February 18, 1832 – November 23, 1910) was a French-American 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 concepts of the heavier-than-air flying machine.
WEBOctave Chanute. Circa 1900-1910. Library of Congress. Quick Facts. Significance: Civil Engineer, Aviation Pioneer, Friend and Advisor to the Wrights. Place of Birth: Paris, France. Date of Birth: February 18, 1832. Place of Death: Chicago, Illinois. Date of Death: November 23, 1910. Place of Burial: Peoria, Illinois. Cemetery Name:
WEBOct 17, 2015 · Octave Chanute was a Paris-born civil engineer in the United States who played a significant role in the burgeoning field of heavier-than-air flight in the late nineteenth century. Many people, if not most, have never heard of Octave Chanute or know what an anemometer is, but the man and the instrument both played an important part in Orville ...
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Octave Chanute: From Railroad Engineer to The Father of Aviation
WEBJun 22, 2016 · So, aided by his background in engineering, Chanute began by collecting all the available flight test and experimentation data from around the world. He then added to it with his own insight as a civil engineer, and published his finding in a series of articles from 1891 to 1893 in The Railroad and Engineering Journal.
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Progress in Flying Machines: Octave Chanute > National …
WEBOctave Chanute was already a well-known engineer when he began studying the problem of flight. His classic 1894 volume Progress in Flying Machines brought together in one book a history of humankind's attempts to fly. Chanute also applied his knowledge of bridge building to the design of gliders.
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Octave Chanute and the Symphony of Flight - HistoryNet
WEBMay 18, 2018 · Octave Chanute and the Symphony of Flight. by Gary Wright 5/18/2018. With its pilot—probably August Herring—clinging to its underwing, a Chanute biplane glider skirts the side of a sand dune on Lake Michigan’s shore in the summer of 1896. (Library of Congress) Share This Article. Octave Chanute conducted from behind the scenes.
WEBEnshrined: 1963. Birth: February 18, 1832. Death: November 23, 1910. Octave Chanute. Published his classic book Progress in Flying Machines in 1894. Began to search for automatic flight control in 1896 by designing and building a series of gliders which flew successfully.
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Octave Chanute Papers | National Air and Space Museum
WEBOctave Chanute, born in Paris in 1832, was one of America's leading civil engineers, specializing in railroads and railroad bridges with the first bridge across the Missouri River to his credit. After developing a reputation as a scientist, writer and speaker, Chanute's interests turned to the possibility of flight.
WEBOctave Chanute: Pioneer Glider. 227. Missouri river. A well-known book describing this bridge was published by Chanute and Morrison in 18702. Returning east in 1873 he served for ten years as Chief Engineer of the Erie Railroad through the period of recon struction.