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Orville Wright-"Stability Of Aeroplanes"-1915-Journal Of Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 1915-The Franklin Institute-5 1/2" X 9"-8 pages-Signed By Author. This is a copy of a speech presented by Orville Wright at the stated meeting of the Franklin Institute held May 20,1914 when Dr. Wright received the Franklin Institute's Elliott Cresson Medal in recognition of the epoch-making work accomplished by him.The speech was originally printed in The Journal Of The Franklin Institute in 1914. These pages were neatly removed from the 1915 Annual Report Of The Smithsonian Institution. Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright built and flew the first airplane in human history. The brothers were engineers and tinkerers who founded the Wright Cycle Company in Dayton, Ohio in 1892. While the bicycle business sustained them, they began to experiment with kites, gliders and other flying machines, always with an eye to creating a powered machine that could carry a man aloft. Their first successful flight, with Orville at the controls, took place at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on 17 December 1903. The plane covered 120 feet in about 12 seconds; a short flight, but enough to make history. Others had flown in balloons and gliders, but the Wrights' creation was the first in a manned, motor-powered, heavier-than-air craft. The speech has been autographed on the front by Orville Wright with a fountain pen in brown.................BOTH SPEECH AND AUTOGRAPH ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION...................
