Octave Chanute - Glider
Around the age of sixty, Octave Chanute directed his focus towards the goal of flying and designed many different gliders. He declined to patent any of his designs, and he actively collaborated with other experimenters. Chanute's research and advice would help guide the Wright brothers to success after Chanute stopped attempting his flight experiments in 1900.
Part of the blog post: Chanute Spotlight: Octave Chanute, “The God-father of Aviation”
Part of the blog post: Intern Reflection: Working with the Chanute Collection
Octave Chanute Subject Files, Folder 7, Chanute Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives, Urbana Free Library, Urbana, IL.
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Octave Chanute - Glider
Around the age of sixty, Octave Chanute directed his focus towards the goal of flying and designed many different gliders. He declined to patent any of his designs, and he actively collaborated with other experimenters. Chanute's research and advice would help guide the Wright brothers to success after Chanute stopped attempting his flight experiments in 1900.
Part of the blog post: Chanute Spotlight: Octave Chanute, “The God-father of Aviation”
Part of the blog post: Intern Reflection: Working with the Chanute Collection
Octave Chanute Subject Files, Folder 7, 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