
The Innovator & Mining for Ideas
The emerging reality.
Nov 1 · 2 min read
The Wright brothers wrote to the Smithsonian Institute on May 30, 1899, requesting information about the subject of flight. They were sent four pamphlets on the subject and given the suggestion to read Progress in Flying Machines by Octave Chanute and Experiments in Aerodynamics by Samuel Langley. The brothers also studied works by the great ultra-light aircraft pioneer…
