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Box 19A

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Contact print of a Wright Model A Flyer in flight over the city of Dayton, Ohio, 1910 Sept. 22

 Item — Box: 19A, Folder: 4, Item: 34
Scope and Contents From the Series: While at Simms Station in 1910, the Wright Brothers flew the Wright Model A Flyer (Wright 1907 machine) from May 10 to May 20. From May 21 to October 14, they flew the Wright Model B Flyer. The transition from the Wright Model A Flyer (1907-type machine) was gradual. Orville and Wilbur Wright both experimented with placement of the horizontal control surfaces in 1909. In 1910 they applied a fixed horizontal stabilizer to the tail of the Model A. It was then made moveable, working in...
Dates: 1910 Sept. 22