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Article: BROTHERS' PROPELLER DESIGN YIELDS RESULTS.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 6, 2002
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Byline: CHRIS KIDDER THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
One hundred years ago this week, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the final modifications to their 1902 glider, giving them control over pitch, roll and yaw, the three basic axes of movement of any flying machine. They believed that control was the final piece to the puzzle of achieving powered flight. They were wrong.
They assumed, incorrectly, that the growing automobile industry could provide them with a lightweight gasoline motor suitable for propelling a 600-pound machine through the air. But, unable to find a manufacturer willing and able to build a motor to their specifications, they built the engine ...