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Orville Wright TLS

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Orville Wright TLS
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Orville Wright typed letter signed, dated 16 May 1940. Wright responds to John Walter Wood, who was writing ''Airports: Some Elements of Design and Future Development'' at the time, and wrote to Wright to check the accuracy of his research. (Two carbons of Wood's letters to Wright are included.) Wright's letter lists a number of corrections and reads in part, ''I have your letter of May 13th and have read the copy for your chapter on Wright Field 1904-1905, which was enclosed. First in regard to Wright Field 1904-1905: On page 1, last line, the length of the 1901 wind tunnel is given as 8 feet instead of 6 feet. I should have noticed this error in former drafts but failed to do so. Page 2, bottom of page, a quotation from Dr. Lewis' Wilbur Wright Lecture is given, as taken from Aero Digest of August, 1939. The quotation omits several words of the original address as it appeared in the Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, October, 1939. I looked through Aero Digest of August, but failed to find it. The omitted words, in later years, belong in the last sentence just before. I need not recount. I think it best to give quotations verbatim, unless omissions are indicated; and that, when possible, the original source should be given. I assume that your copy of the Aero Club of America Bulletin is correct. I have not proofread it. The statement that Kill Devil Hill has moved about a quarter of a mile south since the early years of our experiments there is not correct.'' Letter, measuring 7.25'' x 10.5'', is on two separate sheets. Two holes punched at top of each sheet and staple holes at top left, else near fine.