ORVILLE WRIGHT BROTHERS SIGNED CANCELLED BANK CHEQUE FRAMED DISPLAY RARE ITEM

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ORVILLE WRIGHT BROTHERS SIGNED CANCELLED BANK CHEQUE FRAMED DISPLAY RARE ITEM:
$1725.32

Glider Vital Statistics

Wingspan

Wing area

Chord

Camber

Aspect ratio

Length

Weight

1900

17ft6in (5.33m)

165sqft (15m2)

5ft (2m)

1/20

3.5:1

11ft6in (3.51m)

52lb (24kg)

1901

22ft (7m)

290sqft (27m2)

7ft (2.1m)

1/12,*1/19

3:1

14ft (4.3m)

98lb (44kg)

1902

32ft1in (9.78m)

305sqft (28m2)

5ft (1.5m)

1/20–1/24

6.5:1

17ft (5.2m)

112lb (51kg)

The Lift Equation

L = lift in pounds
k = coefficient of air pressure (Smeaton coefficient)
S = total area of lifting surface in square feet
V = velocity (headwind plus ground speed) in miles per hour
CL = coefficient of lift (varies with wing shape)

Orville died on January 30,1948, after his second heart attack, having lived from the horse-and-buggy ageto the dawn of supersonic flight. He was followed a day later by JohnT. Daniels, the Coast Guardsman who took their famous first flight photo.Both brothers are buried at the family plot at Woodland Cemetery, Dayton,Ohio