Octave Chanute Portrait
A renowned engineer, Octave Chanute, spent his later years working with notable figures like the Wright brothers. His early work helped lay the foundation for human flight and the technical training that would later be achieved at Chanute Air Force Base.
Part of the blog post: Chanute Spotlight: Octave Chanute, “The God-father of Aviation”
Octave Chanute Subject Files, Folder 5, Chanute Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives, Urbana Free Library, Urbana, IL.
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Octave Chanute Portrait
A renowned engineer, Octave Chanute, spent his later years working with notable figures like the Wright brothers. His early work helped lay the foundation for human flight and the technical training that would later be achieved at Chanute Air Force Base.
Part of the blog post: Chanute Spotlight: Octave Chanute, “The God-father of Aviation”
Octave Chanute Subject Files, Folder 5, Chanute Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives, Urbana Free Library, Urbana, IL.
All images are provided for personal and educational use. Users planning to reproduce/publish images in books, articles, exhibits, videos, electronic transmission or other media must request permission. For more information please contact the Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library: archives@urbanafree.org