December 17, 1923

December 17, 1923

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Sir George Cayley’s Work in Aeronautics

The Wright Brothers’ Aeroplane

By ORVILLE,WILBUR WRIGHT20 min

How We Made The First Flight

By ORVILLE WRIGHT18 min

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Sir George Cayley’s Work in Aeronautics

Early Pioneer Originated Airplane Flight Theory and Anticipated Metal-Hull Airship
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The Wright Brothers’ Aeroplane

By ORVILLE,WILBUR WRIGHT20 min

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How We Made The First Flight

The flights of the 1902 glider had demonstrated the efficiency of our system of maintaining equilibrium, and also the accuracy of the laboratory work upon which the design of the glider was based. We then felt that we were prepared to calculate in advance the performance of machines with a degree of accuracy that had never been possible with the data and tables possessed by our predecessors.

By ORVILLE WRIGHT18 min

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U. S. ARMY AND NAVY AIR FORCES

The following is quoted from the annual report of Gen. John J. Pershing, General of the Armies and Chief of Staff, to the Secretary of War:— “Among the most important considerations in developing an effective system for National Defense, are the establishment of a sound system for exploiting our resources to provide for the current supply of our war armies, the maintenance of a reserve stock of the vital items of war material and equipment sufficient to meet the initial mobilization requirements, and the creation in time of peace of a corps of officers to instruct our men and to lead them in battle.
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U. S. Naval Air Expedition into the Arctic

Airship Shenandoah and Naval Planes to Explore Vast Unknown Region of Polar Basin
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U. S. NAVAL AVIATION

The U.S.S. Langley, the Navy’s experimental aircraft currier, will be assigned to the Aircraft Squadrons Battle Fleet, on the West Coast, some time next summer. The Langley will go from the Naval Air Station at Pensacola to join the Fleet in southern waters for the winter maneuvers for a short time, but will return to Pensacola to carry on experimental work there, which it is expected will be completed some time in June.
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Editorials

The Twentieth Flight Anniversary

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Carreer of Orville Wright

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PUBLISHER’S NEWS LETTER

Twenty years is a short span of time in the history of a scientific achievement. In the life of an industry it is much longer. Twenty years in the telephone, automobile or radio industries have established them as industrial units and large permanent groups in the commercial world.
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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

For Air Navigators

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