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Wilbur and Orville Wright are expert mechanics of Dayton, O., and have been experimenting with flying machines for the past four years. They are the sons of Bishop Wright of the United Breth- ren church. In building their flier the Wright brothers have followed to some extent the work of Lillienthal, Pilcher and Octave Chanut, but they have gone much further than these experts in using greater surfaces and especially in changing the position of the operator. By so arranging their machine that the operator lies in a horizontal position in- stead of standing upright the wind re- sistance is reduced from five square feet to one, and a full half horsepower is saved.

Speaking of his invention, Mr. Or- ville Wright said that he and his broth- er, after twenty-four years of hard work, have succeeded in perfecting a flying machine. He stated that the most successful test was made recently at Kitty hawk.

Mr. Wright declined to discuss the details of the construction of his ma- chine, as he has not as yet completed his tests, but stated that his flier was kept afloat in the air by its peculiar method of construction and also be the continuous operation of a gasoline mo- tor which turns a huge propeller. With- out the use of the motor he stated the machine would descend as soon as its momentum was exhausted.

References are to:

• Alberto Santos-Dumont
• Lebaudy brothers
• Otto Lilienthal
• Percy Pilcher
• Octave Chanute