The Tuttle Brothers: Aviation Pioneers
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These two may have been first hang glider users in Hawaii. Maybe yes; maybe no.
My first source: https://www.hawaiianhistory.org/time-ca ... -pioneers/
Article by Helen G. Chapin. She did not specify source of plan. Apparently someone else identified the plan used. An archive indicates source of plan. See below.
Helen G. Chapin wrote:
In October of 1910, aviation pioneers Elbert and Malcolm Tuttle, ages 13 and 14, built and flew a glider, to become, as the Advertiser reported, “Honolulu’s First Bird-Men.”
Helen noted: "William Horvat published Above the Pacific." (bold added) Book: 1966 published.
Then I found: http://hawaii.gov/hawaiiaviation/public ... orvat-1966 for some lead on that.
A footnote on the page: "Note: Above the Pacific was published by Aero Publishers, Inc. in 1966 and is no longer in print. Copies of this book are available at the Hawaii State Library."
http://www.amazon.com/Above-Pacific-Wil ... 0816800006 Apparently some books are available online for the Horvat book. I have not seen the book. A copy of book is next door to me at CSULA.
Other libraries hold the book: http://www.worldcat.org/ to find library near you that holds the book.
They supposedly used a plan for a hang glider:
Key image source of the plan as presented in an article by
Large image of the article plan in tiff format is available from the following page.
https://archive.org/details/ElbertMalco ... liderPlans
The plan is of a biplane hang glider of 18 ft span.
I nominate the two Tuttle brothers as honorary historical members of the US Hawks.
Elbert Tuttle
Malcolm Tuttle
aka: Elbert Parr Tuttle
aka: Malcolm H. Tuttle
FLIGHT NOTE: The plans have the pilot rest on elbows (not armpits); however, it is not confirmed if the brothers did that; maybe they armpitted; not sure. No tether. No parachute. No helmet. Self-instruction.
I place a small image of the large image that is available in link above: Scoll image or use for the small image:
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Fuller research might be found from starting at:
http://www.worldcat.org/title/collection-of-materials-relating-to-the-1910-glider-flights-of-elbert-malcolm-tuttle-at-fort-ruger-oahu-hawaii/oclc/663394964
Another book applies: [Less available in libraries. University of Hawaii at Manoa has a copy. ]
The Tuttle Brothers: Hawaii's Aviation Pioneers and First Glider Pilots
Kin Hylton, Mary Hylton
1989
DETAIL NOTES:
The article by Lynn that held the plans was in an organ called Woman's Home Companion. Page 30 of July 1910 issue.
Discerning just what the "Chief Daniel Boone" has to do with the subject page is a bit tricky; nothing, except for title for next essaay on the page.
See more carefully: https://books.google.com/books?id=iSo8AQAAMAAJ&dq=Companion%20Chief%20Daniel%20Boone&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q=Lynn%20&f=false
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https://archive.org/details/MalcolmTuttleTakesToTheAir Has a link to a photograph of one of the brothers Malcolm Tuttle flying the hang glider.
I provide a moderate sized copy of the photograph: [It is not confirmed if the writing on photo is by one of the brothers or not.] [Do I see barefeet?]
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Further interesting notes on the brother are in
Elbert Parr Tuttle: Chief Jurist of the Civil Rights Revolution
By Anne Emanuel [[Anne wrote that October 23, 1910, was first flight test in the hang glider.]]
https://books.google.com/books?id=J0Twl ... le&f=false