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A Hopeful Step Forward

The isolation of the Outer Banks offered the Wrights an ideal location for their experiments. The Wrights made detailed measurements of the wind speeds and heights of sand dunes, information critical to their experiments.

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The Lessons of 1901

The dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 1901

kiting glider
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Kite tests
in flight
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Flight tests
landing
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Analysis

The NASA/Langley Full Scale Wind Tunnel, Old Dominion University, 2001

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Test design
Glider in tunnel
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Test runs
moitoring the test
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Analysis

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