Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 4-Aug-1913
The Wrights (Orville and Katharine) look forward to a visit from Brewer and Alexander Ogilvie in the fall. However, Orville may be too busy to get a machine ready for "the 'soaring' trip south". They're still recovering from the recent flood in Dayton.
Orville is working on a vessel which takes off from water:
Since I last saw you I have been doing some experimenting with pontoons. We have a very good one for smooth water but it would not be suitable for rough water. With our 50–60 h.p. motor we rise from the water with four persons aboard in a distance of four or five hundred feet, about 20 seconds in time. We got off in a calm in ten or twelve seconds with two persons aboard.
We have not as yet had the chance to test the new automatic machine although tests of it on our training machine give us good hope of its success.
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| Sender | Orville Wright |
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| Recipient | Griffith Brewer |
| Date sent | 4-Aug-1913 |
| From location | Dayton, Ohio |
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| Communication type | |
| Language | English |
| Refers to flight? | 1 |
| Tech fields | airplane, marine, takeoff |
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