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1894: Octave Chanute:
 This Chicago engineer was the 'elder statesman' of aeronautics.
His experiments produced the most influential
and signifcant glider of the pre-Wright era.
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Design History of Controlled Flight:
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| 1894:
Octave Chanute authors "Progress in Flying Machines". He identifies control of
the flying machine as a primary goal. |
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A design reviewed in Chanute's book
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1896:
Chanute conducts glider experiments on the dunes of Lake Michigan.
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1900:
Wilbur Wright writes to Octave Chanute on May 13, 1900.
This letter was the first correspondence between the Wrights and Octave
Chanute and established the relationship between the Wrights and Chanute.
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 1901:
Chanute joins the Wrights at Kitty Hawk.
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 1903:
First controlled powered flight, December 17, 1903.
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