US Hawks Hang Gliding Association

http://spicerweb.org/Chanute/1904Exp.aspx
Invited are details surrounding and about the biplane hang glider of The 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition / aka 1904 World's Fair

Simine Short has researched Chanute in depth.

There seems to be question about this photograph, as to whether it is the actual or a replica of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition glider"



And we seek the details of the following phtograph: Photographer? Artist? Day? Time of day? Who else took photographs of that flight? Details of the flight? Pilot? Shoes? Duration? Launch? Landing? etc. ?

http://collections.mohistory.org/photo/PHO:27842 See the zoom-in on the photo. Quality craftsmanship.
See site. But a clip is caught here also:


Tail skid detail:


Who is that wing helper?


Who and did he fly?



Right-wing helper? Who?

And who is that next generation young boy with book or box? Is he still living? No; he would be about 129 years old now: Say: 10+96+13= 129. But he may have children that are living ... or grandchildren?

"I want to fly like a bird!"

Non-slip shoes? Non-snag sock-to-pant low-drag arrangement?
The cart is an echo of a Chanute patent drawing.

Here is the mentioned patent: http://www.google.com/patents/US834658

MEANS FOR AERIAL FLIGHT BY Octave Chanute of Chicago, Illinois, (an early US Hawks member?).
Combination of devices:


Clip from the patent:

Notice Chanute's teaching about the flare and how pilot is not connected:



Terms in patent for the wings:
pressure surfaces
carrying surfaces
planes

Attention to the winding of the kite line on drum and the source of energy for the towing action:


"electric or gasolene"

Chanute "disclaims" .... does not approve of ... another's perma-connect of the kite line:



And


Might be fun to read and study the full patent text.

"may be dirigible" == "capable of being steered"

[[This discussion is linked from the Hang Glider History Timeline from the 1904 note about the patent. Those searchers arriving to the Timeline at that point have an easy link to this place where they may participate in the discussion of the 1904 glider of the World's Fair. ]]

Note the name given for the "cord-uprights" ... where I am slightly puzzled. The uprights of the control frame and the pull cord for the towline releasing are in the region of the "cord-uprights" ....


[ ] Anyone find the patent? Robert Krauss, British patent No. 18,663 of August 12, 1897