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Chanute on the Wright Brothers' Achievement in
Aerial Navigation.
To the Editor of the Scientific American:
*** I received your letter *** asking me for a verification
*** that I witnessed a flight of about half a
kilometer by the aeroplane machine of the Wright
brothers.
This is quite true. ***
On the 15th of October, 1904 , I witnessed a flight
of 1,377 feet performed in 23 4-5 seconds, starting from
level ground and sweeping over about one-quarter of a
circle, at a speed of 39 miles per hour. ***
O. CHANUTE.
Chicago, Ill., March 31, 1906
Thanks. Seems pretty clear to me.
However, relative to an earlier letter from Octave Chanute regarding his observation of the same flight, our friend Simplex dismissed him as a credible witness, summarily asserting in post 245 that "It appears Chanute teamed up with the two brothers and he tried to give a plus of credibility to the lies perpetrated by the Wrights."